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
>>> | iPhone’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
>>> |
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> | else’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.
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