Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 30th Oct 2009 00:41 UTC
PDAs, Cellphones, Wireless And the back-and-forth goes on. "Here we go again. Apple has updated iTunes to version 9.0.2 and Palm Pre sync is dead again using webOS 1.2.1, despite Palm's Hurculean efforts to spoof nearly every aspect of USB identification known to mankind. As with previous breakages, iTunes does launch when you connect a Pre with Media Mode, but it doesn't appear as a device on the sidebar. Pre owners can at least take comfort in knowing that Apple's main goal here was adding support for the new AppleTV format, but breaking Pre sync support was a nice cherry for them."
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RE[4]: anti-competitive Apple
by sbergman27 on Sun 1st Nov 2009 20:24 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: anti-competitive Apple"
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however, if the government were actually doing anything beyond occasional wrist-slapping, microsoft would've (and should've) been split up a decade ago.

It's a complex problem. But one thing that we need to address is our bizarre concept of the "Corporation". Fundamentally, it was supposed to be a way of creating a fake "person" who could hold assets and conduct business, in order to shield the real investors from liability for the consequences of their actions. A questionable practice. But at least not an insane one. We're not so deranged as to give this fake person the vote... and yet we allow them to make campaign contributions, which gives this "person" far more political power than any vote would have. It's insane.

Sure, if the practice were outlawed there would be ways around it. But we've got to start somewhere. And then address the loopholes.

Edited 2009-11-01 20:26 UTC

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