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There is no war on general purpose computing. Who even came up with the idea?
by rimantas 11y ago
There is no war on general purpose computing.
Who even came up with the idea?
- glogla 11y agoCory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/the-coming-war-on-general-purp.html http://boingboing.net/2011/12/27/the-coming-war-on-general-p...
- juliangregorian 11y agoSorry, either you don't understand the concept or you haven't been paying attention. The whole movement by big manufacturers has been towards closed ecosystems, with the end user unable to exercise much control over their hardware, to the point where many people consider devices leased rather than owned. You can't even change the battery on Apple devices now without voiding the warranty. The same is happening with cars, TVs, you name it. If it's something that can be repaired or otherwise messed around with, the companies don't want you to be able to do it.