What about the incompatibility with devices from other sources? On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 8:17 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:46 AM, michael perelman wrote: > >> I do so because Apple's products are seductive, but I think have many >> negative aspects -- enclosing what would be better as an more open >> system. > > I've seen that criticism too. But I'm not sure what "more open" means. > > There are 2 categories of devices Apple sells. Desktop work devices and > mobile media devices. > > Desktop work devices are pretty much as open as you'd want them to be. You > can run all your GPLed applications on them, build them from source. You can > store all your media DRM free and use it on any portable device you want. You > can erase OSX and run anything that physically runs on the chip (unlike > machines that will come pre-installed with Windows 8 - MS calls that a > security feature). > > There is nothing "enclosed" on this machine. And more than that, why, in the > extremely competitive market that is consumer HW, should Apple be "more open" > when other makers are certainly not trying to be "more open" ? > > Now, about Apple's mobile devices. Why use "closed" when the other obvious > term is "integrated". The devices propose controlled environments so that the > consumer gets a "it just works" user experience. > > I don't hear industry critics talk about how coffee makers are so enclosing > things that would be better as a more open system ? Or a TV set ? Or a DVD/BR > player ? Why would a media device be less closed than other commonly used > media devices ? > > I'd love that if you could develop on the "would be better as a more open > system" because honestly, I don't see what "better" means here, even though I > use free software as much as I can, I try to promote the use of open formats > as much as I can and I have a whole bunch of media data that I use on all the > devices that I have (Apple or not). > > > Jean-Christophe Helary > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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