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> Better (and easier) to kill off a bad idea early on. Yeah, so they should have gone on an all out offensive when the iPad launched. Now there's a huge preced
by kryptiskt 14y ago
> Better (and easier) to kill off a bad idea early on.
Yeah, so they should have gone on an all out offensive when the iPad launched. Now there's a huge precedent they will have to try to explain away, why it doesn't apply and Microsoft's stuff have to be open but not their competitors'.
- sliverstorm 14y agoWhat do you think the chances are Apple has some "influence" in the FSF?
- markrages 14y agoApple and the FSF have long had an antagonistic relationship. Some history in this talk: http://www.ebb.org/bkuhn/talks/LinuxTag-2011/compliance.html http://www.ebb.org/bkuhn/talks/LinuxTag-2011/compliance.html
- sliverstorm 14y agoOK, wasn't aware.
- mistercow 14y agoThere are a lot of negative things that you can say about Richard Stallman, but to suggest that he or his organization might be in anybody's pocket is simply preposterous.
- sliverstorm 14y agoI didn't realize it was "his"
- mistercow 14y agoHe's the founder and president, and they have a staff of 10, so yeah, it's his.
- dave1010uk 14y agoThe the FSF have campaigned against Apple many times. For example: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ipad http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ipad
- belorn 14y agoWhile they could have included a link to their existing campaigns against Apple DRM, focusing on one company in each campaign is better than trying to focusing on everyone. But for explaining why Microsoft should stop even if Apple has locked down devices, if a company is dumping oil in the ocean, people are allowed to complain and create a boycott against that company. If the companies defense is "well, other companies dump oil in the ocean too, so why are you picking on us?" the answer is not to say sorry and let them continue.
- recoiledsnake 14y agoThe equivalent analogy is if company A dumps 67M gallons of oil in the ocean per year, Company B dumps 20M gallons of oil and Company C dumps 0.5M gallons of oil a year and people make a big noise about Company C and legal action against it while giving a free pass to other companies. It makes them hypocrites.