I like you Philip! On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Phillip Simbwa <[email protected]> wrote:
> And lets stay objective and keep our personal feelings out of this. > > If i ask; What don't you like about the iPhone/iPad specifically? Is > it the iOS or the actual device? > Reason I ask is, what if I installed linux on the iPhone? (Having done > some hardcore C programming and ported + reverse engineered some iOS > primitives). Would you hate it as much? > http://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=IDroid > > And this here is Linus, using a Mac Air with Linux. > > http://www.quora.com/Linux/What-Linux-distribution-does-Linus-Torvalds-use-on-his-MacBook-Air > . > http://lowendmac.com/bookrev/12br/0427.html > > Even he has no kind words for the Mac OS file system: > > http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/Linus_Torvalds_Brands_Mac_File_System_Utter_Crap/ > > My point is: iOS programming tutorials can open up your mind to some > degree on the inner workings of the device in question. And with such > knowledge, you can do something good (heck, you could port ubuntu to > the iPhone/iPad. And thats great!). > > About which company is more evil as per the recent court battle ( > Samsung or Apple)? I don't want to go there.. > But the verdict was passed by a competent court and i believe both > sides brought alot of tech experts to court. > > I will tell you a small story. Once upon a time, UNIX was all over the > place and was commercial (by today's standards -- not a good thing > like Linux. Start looking at this like its SCO for the right emotional > effect). > > Then some open minded dude (Linus) figured he could, with the help of > the general open source community; create something good out of > something bad. Anyway, he got us Linux. > > About iOS programming, something similar may be cooking... > > I would propose a fair vote on this matter... > > -- > - Phillip. > > “Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in > waht > oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist > and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pclae. > The rset can be a toatl mses and > you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed > ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe and the biran fguiers it > out aynawy." > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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