____/ [H]omer on Saturday 15 September 2007 18:34 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that dapunka spake thusly:
>> Have you seen this???
>>
>> http://ipodminusitunes.blogspot.com/2007/09/apple-cuts-us-off.html
>
> They sort of pulled a Tivo, using checksums. Should be circumventable if
> the firmware can be patched. An even easier method of circumvention is
> to just not buy an iPod - which doesn't support Open Formats anyway
> (unless you replace the firmware with iPod Linux).
Which reminds me... Matt Asay, whom some people consider an open
source 'zealot', is also very hypocritical. Like many others, while he
advocated Free software, he raves about Macs and buys everything at the Apple
shrine (or "toy shop", depending on your perspective). As far as lock-ins go,
Apple is worse than Microsoft. Why do people give them money? Just because
it's not Microsoft?
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