That reason makes Apple look worse. The example of PGP is silly. PGP is an open protocol. The user can control their own encryption. Apple like Adobe wants to take an open protocol for streaming, in Apple's case RTSP,…
Yes. All lot of judges are complicit in patent trolling. They are not like Posner. The Eastern District of Texas is one example. Patent trolls have to shop around for venues because not all judges are going to welcome…
Agreed. I simply wanted to point out that the car manufacturer does not actively try to prevent the car owner or the installation shop from installing a stereo. However Apple does this with their devices. Everything…
Is the warranty the issue here? Isn't it the right to add some functionality to the device? I could see your point if there was an argument between Amoeba and Apple about voiding warranties. But I don't see that being…
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This is going to backfire on Apple. It is absurd the lengths they are going to. Imagine if when you bought a car the manufacturer tried to control what stereo you could install. "We made this car, and you have to play…
Actually you can test two at a time by using an alias in /etc/hosts. In /etc/hosts: 1.2.3.4 site1.com site2.com Then you have to edit /etc/hosts to try two more sites. The idea that the user cannot access /etc/hosts on…
Users told us they would rather have tactile buttons as on a PC keyboard or Blackberry. We're working on a small "smartphone keyboard" for fast "two thumbs" typing like on a Blackberry. The user can plug it into the…
"OK, kids, time to stop squabbling in the sandbox and go home." The problem is that these kids have weekly allowances in the hundreds of thousands. And most lawyers do not discriminate among potential clients by…
Hallelujah. "I also disagree that it is not believable that the vast majority of programmers have been boneheaded for 40 years." http://paulgraham.com/icadmore.html The "success" of a language is determined by what the…
That reason makes Apple look worse. The example of PGP is silly. PGP is an open protocol. The user can control their own encryption. Apple like Adobe wants to take an open protocol for streaming, in Apple's case RTSP,…
Yes. All lot of judges are complicit in patent trolling. They are not like Posner. The Eastern District of Texas is one example. Patent trolls have to shop around for venues because not all judges are going to welcome…
Agreed. I simply wanted to point out that the car manufacturer does not actively try to prevent the car owner or the installation shop from installing a stereo. However Apple does this with their devices. Everything…
Is the warranty the issue here? Isn't it the right to add some functionality to the device? I could see your point if there was an argument between Amoeba and Apple about voiding warranties. But I don't see that being…
http://bikeshed.org
This is going to backfire on Apple. It is absurd the lengths they are going to. Imagine if when you bought a car the manufacturer tried to control what stereo you could install. "We made this car, and you have to play…
Actually you can test two at a time by using an alias in /etc/hosts. In /etc/hosts: 1.2.3.4 site1.com site2.com Then you have to edit /etc/hosts to try two more sites. The idea that the user cannot access /etc/hosts on…
Users told us they would rather have tactile buttons as on a PC keyboard or Blackberry. We're working on a small "smartphone keyboard" for fast "two thumbs" typing like on a Blackberry. The user can plug it into the…
"OK, kids, time to stop squabbling in the sandbox and go home." The problem is that these kids have weekly allowances in the hundreds of thousands. And most lawyers do not discriminate among potential clients by…
Hallelujah. "I also disagree that it is not believable that the vast majority of programmers have been boneheaded for 40 years." http://paulgraham.com/icadmore.html The "success" of a language is determined by what the…