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(OT) Steve Jobs.
"John Smith" wrote in message ... On 10/10/2011 3:02 PM, Scout wrote: "Alan Baker" wrote in message ... In article , John Smith wrote: then sold them the software for exorbitant prices ... signed them into exploitative contracts, etc. Really? And they signed these contracts with the children? Because I was under the impression that schools had people who were qualified to agree to such contracts... Contracts which stipulated only apple people maintained the college hardware ... etc., etc. Games within games, really. Then they were free not to sign them, weren't they? Ergo: not strongarmed at all. Back in the late 80's and early 90's I taught at a jr. college, I seen first hand how apples predatory sales techniques worked. Clearly. Finally, at the college, a few of us wrote letters of complaint to the "higher ups" and rectified the problem ... there was also some business of "incentives" being passed about about by apple to those who controlled purchasing ... lunches, wining and dining, etc. However, digital equipment corporation also participated in such practices ... (DEC) However, one thing I did notice, the "apple room" was always full of liberal arts students while the PC sections of the computer labs always contained the math, physics, science, etc. students ... just as a casual observation ... Riiiiiiiight. Regards, JS Your post is an excellent example of what I have found about "Apple People", they have a religious devotion to the platform ... Your post is an excellent example of someone who believes that anyone who sees value where you do not must do it out of religious devotion... Personally, the only reason I use a PC, and refuse MAC's, is that I write much of the software I use ... plus, I private contract to develop software on multiple platforms (even though I am retired, for the most part) ... while most of that could be done on a MAC, it simply would not make economic sense, for me ... I mean, I am in the business to make money -- NOT pay money to apple ... apple has worked hard in being one of the most proprietary corps I have ever seen, I think they can do that without me ... In what way is the Mac more "proprietary" than Windows from your perspective? The fact that they've always sold computers with their own OS? You can write software for that platform just as you can for Windows or for Linux. Windows doesn't hold patents on the hardware, to run their software, just for starters ... and, they don't have an iphone, or even an idildo, for that matter! ROFLOL So? Apple's suddenly an evil empire because they make hardware and Microsoft doesn't? Actually Microsoft does make hardware. Mice, keyboards, headsets, webcams, and even fingerprint readers. True they don't build systems, but they do produce certain types of hardware. They even patent certain aspects of that hardware. Such as the tilt wheel mouse. Hell, back in 2008, they received a patent for the page up and page down keys. (Patent #7,415,666) Actually, the problem might be semantics, here. But, I would like to have my ignorance and false beliefs removed. So, enlighten me, where are the microsoft manufacturing plants which are making these these things -- mice, keyboards, headsets, webcams, even fingerprint readers? All I am aware of is microsoft lending their name to products which other companies manufacture ... except software, they do produce that, themselves ... they even hire employees to make it, the software. http://www.marke****ch.com/story/cor...make-new-zunes You figure out where the rest are. If it is done with their name, then they are the manufacturer. |
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