Appil Corporation Asstroturfer Hadron wrote on behalf of Appil Corporation:
> 7 <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Appil Corporation Asstroturfer Tim Smith wrote on behalf of Appil
>> Corporation:
>>
>>> In article <1476009.382pMtDLz1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> A Linux-powered iPhone
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | The most interesting part on Wired magazine's revelation was during
>>>> | iPhoneâ??s
>>>> | software development. On a very tight deadline to finish the iPhone
>>>> | right on
>>>> | time, Apple software engineers looked carefully at Linux, since it
>>>> | had
>>>> | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>> | already been rewritten for use on mobile phones. But, Linux on iPhone
>>>> | was denied by Steve Jobs for the reason that he do not want to
>>>> | utilize someone
>>>> |
>>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>> | elseâ??s software. Just imagine the endless possibilities had Steve
>>>> | agreed. It ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>> | would have been a big break for Linux, and iPhone could have been a
>>>> | much more
>>>> | powerful and smarter mobile device. It would have been a jaw-dropping
>>>> | combination of beauty and brains.
>>>> |
>>>> | Since Linux powered iPhone is now far from reality, I have here some
>>>> | photos of make-believe iPhone running with a GNOME desktop and with a
>>>> | Firefox web browser.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://junauza.blogspot.com/2008/01/linux-powered-iphone.html
>>>>
>>>> And they say Linux users are too 'religious' to choose Windows and
>>>> Macs. Microsoft, unlike Apple, uses a lot of Linux in-house (because
>>>> it's too good and difficult to avoid).
>>>
>>> Where does the article (or the original that your link is based on) say
>>> it was religious? Did you read Steve's mind to figure that out?
>>
>>
>> Dumbo, don't you know what religion is?
>>
>
> It's not him who used the word. He was just asking where it was declared
> as religious. i.e any place other than Spamowitz's corrupted
> imagination?
>
>>
>>
>>> In particular, how do you know he wasn't concerned with legal issues?
>>
>>
>> And how do you know this?
>
> He's not the one making unfounded accusations. Simple, even for a banjo
> plucker like you I would have thought.
>
>>
>>> There has been some question as to whether Linux phones are actually
>>> legal under GPL, at least on carriers that lock down the phones against
>>> unauthorized modifications to the software.
>>
>> Thats not GPL issue - its a carrier issue.
>
> It most definitely IS a GPL issue. The issue being that the GPL is not
> adhered to.
Dumbo its a carrier/design religion issue - there are plenty
of other open source phones that have NO issues - like green phone
and many others following in its footsteps.
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