In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Ofc. Michael Clayton
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wrote
on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:46:40 -0400
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> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Apple's options for stopping open source iPhone use
>>
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>> | While Apple isn't going to passively watch while others develop
>> open-source
>> | programs for its devices, it isn't clear how aggressively the company
>> plans
>> | to go after hackers. Steve Jobs called the back-and-forth battle between
>> | Apple and hackers a "a cat-and-mouse game" where "people will try to
>> break
>> | in, and it's our job to stop them breaking in," but he didn't give
>> specific
>> | details on what the company planned to do.
>> `----
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> BFD - Do you think Sony lets anyone write games for the PS3 or do they need
> to be "approved" first?
>
> Perhaps spammers like you get upset over this but consumers like it because
> it ensures *quality* and compatibility between applications.
>
That argument didn't fly very well in the 1980's either. :-P
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