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Come on - lighten up. It's an article which lampoons the behaviour of Apple. Apple are engaging in protectionist behaviour - the development of iHTML would be

by lwhi 17y ago

Come on - lighten up. It's an article which lampoons the behaviour of Apple. Apple are engaging in protectionist behaviour - the development of iHTML would be the extreme conclusion of this trend. It's relevant today, because their recent (anti-Adobe) behaviour is a nod towards the extreme behaviour described in the piece.

rimantas 17y ago
It is still not funny. First, because HTML is very wrong choice there: Apple is the juggernaut behind it (with Google's help). Second, this is really really old, I don'e even remember when I first heard the joke about Apple cars.
- lwhi 17y ago
  I don't think I've ever heard a joke about Apple cars.
  - nihilocrat 17y ago
    It's not really a joke, but it might be a reference to an analogy in Neal Stephenson's essay "In the Beginning was the Command Line" (http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html) where he compares Windows, Mac, and Linux to car dealerships. I haven't read it in a long while but I think the Windows dealership sells crappy and lame station wagons that everyone buys anyways, Linux sells battle tanks that you have to assemble yourself with the help of other battle tank enthusiasts, and Mac sells sleek European sports cars that are hermetically sealed end-to-end; you actually can't physically pop the hood, and you must return to the dealership if you have even minor problems.
    - roofone 17y ago
      And BeOS was the batmobile.
- KirinDave 17y ago
  Don't try and fight it. Ive discovered that the majority here likes unfunny things in the name of April Fools. There are just some geek rallying flags they will not back down from. For example, you could get front page time with almost any xkcd post with a pithy title, even if its one of the least funny xkcds ever. It is a geek rallying flag and many people here will not concede it. April fools is Always Funny! xkcd is Always Funny!

by lwhi 17y ago

rimantas 17y ago

It is still not funny. First, because HTML is very wrong choice there: Apple is the juggernaut behind it (with Google's help). Second, this is really really old, I don'e even remember when I first heard the joke about Apple cars.

lwhi 17y ago
I don't think I've ever heard a joke about Apple cars.
- nihilocrat 17y ago
  It's not really a joke, but it might be a reference to an analogy in Neal Stephenson's essay "In the Beginning was the Command Line" (http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html) where he compares Windows, Mac, and Linux to car dealerships. I haven't read it in a long while but I think the Windows dealership sells crappy and lame station wagons that everyone buys anyways, Linux sells battle tanks that you have to assemble yourself with the help of other battle tank enthusiasts, and Mac sells sleek European sports cars that are hermetically sealed end-to-end; you actually can't physically pop the hood, and you must return to the dealership if you have even minor problems.
  - roofone 17y ago
    And BeOS was the batmobile.
KirinDave 17y ago
Don't try and fight it. Ive discovered that the majority here likes unfunny things in the name of April Fools. There are just some geek rallying flags they will not back down from. For example, you could get front page time with almost any xkcd post with a pithy title, even if its one of the least funny xkcds ever. It is a geek rallying flag and many people here will not concede it. April fools is Always Funny! xkcd is Always Funny!