Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Friday 16 November 2007 21:52 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Commentary: Why you should avoid the iPhone
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| So, if I were you, I'd resist the temptation to get an iPhone. Just for a
>>>| few more months. You'll be glad you did. You never know what's around the
>>>| corner, but I bet it'll be worth the wait.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/11/15/iphone.launch/index.html
>>>
>>> OpenGL-enabled Linux phones are on their way (Android).
>>
>> I'm hoping that there'll be an openGL capable OpenMOKO phone...
>
>
> They run Enlightenment on it already and that's some nice eye candy.
>
>
>>> There are third-party
>>> attempts to add value to iPhones, e,g.:
>>>
>>> Open-Source 3D Game Engine for Apple iPhone
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| The port of the game engine will remain open source and will be available
>>>| under LGPL licence to allow true 3D game development on the iPhone.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
> http://www.linuxlookup.com/2007/nov/12/open_source_3d_game_engine_for_apple_iphone
>>>
>>
>> I can never understand why anyone would write an open-source middleware
>> layer for a closed platform.
>
> You mean, like open source ATI drivers for Windows? Watch yesterday mention of
> huge ATI problems in Vista (blobs at both levels).
Quite - why bother on a open-source ATI driver for windows when we could
have one on Linux which will work in perpetuity, rather than until the
next release, update or service pack for Windows which will break it.
>
> Microsoft still pretends that you can write code for something like Microsoft
> Office and SharePoint and call it "Open Source".
>
Marketing people are very very good at creating that kind of spin.
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