Beautiful video tribute and written message from Tim Cook regarding Steve Jobs, who passed away one year ago today.
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Member since:2011-05-12
You may understand it, or at least say you do, but many others don't.
Wether Apple is hypocritical about it doesn't matter and another discussion, although I don't doubt you can make a good case about that they are.
The only thing I tried to do was explain the quote which so many Apple/Steve haters misuse.
It's okay to not like some person or some company, but when wrong arguments are presented I simply try to correct them.
In each Apple related discussion, which is about almost every topic on this site, I see people say or claim "facts" about Apple, Steve Jobs or their hard- and software that aren't true. And it's sad that when someone explains why it's not true they get modded down and people who write childish, wrong or illogical stuff get modded up and cheered on.
When I was full-time in to Linux the same thing happened with Microsoft and Bill Gates. I didn't like Windows or Microsoft, but in the end I spend time more defending them than I did promoting Linux.
Member since:2009-12-17
Well..
What happened to Samsung was totally deserved.
It's not round corners and dumb lawyers or jury.
Samsung copied iPhone almost to the last milimeter.
They did a clone of the iPhone, a little better in quality when compared to Chinese clones, but in essence - they copied.
Apple is totally right when it goes after iPhone cloners and tells them to make their own phones.
Samsung's Galaxy S3 is a step to the right direction.
But Apple made them do it.
I hope we'll see more original phones, creative competition, and therefore, less litigation.
FYI, I am not an (exclusive) Apple fan. I own both an (older) iPhone and a (more modern) Android phone (2.2). I like iOS better because it has more unix in it, and can be used as a very portable unix machine with terminal etc. I cannot say that about Android.
Member since:2009-03-17
That is so ridiculously misinformed and inaccurate that
I can't tell if you're really an apple fan, or you're doing a performance art act caricaturing one.
Member since:2005-07-06
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With version 13.05, the developers of the Genode OS Framework take measures to ensure that Genode continues to scale well with a growing number of users and the steadily broadening platform coverage. Further highlights are the improved SoC support for Exynos 5, OMAP4, Raspberry Pi, i.MX, and new components for realizing headless systems.At the D11 conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook once again took the stage to be interviewed by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. While most of the interview can be replicated by picking and reading 10 random Apple fanblog stories - there were still a number of very interesting things that warrant some closer scrutiny.
So, the Xbox One disaster continues. Microsoft's policy for dealing with the used games market has reportedly leaked - and it's a clear and direct attack to destroy the used games market. Prices for used games will be set at the retail value of a new game, and retailers have to hook into Microsoft's computer systems and comply with Microsoft's terms and conditions.At an event earlier today, Microsoft unveiled the next Xbox - the third model, but confusingly named Xbox One. The big focus was TV, integrated Kinect, and all the other stuff we all expected to be forced down our throats. I think it took them 25 minutes to actually come to what should be the core of the story: gaming. Nothing groundbreaking in the gaming department, except for how Microsoft intends to handle the used games market and borrowing games from friends: pay up, buddy!
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2012-08-26
I understand perfectly well what he meant and why he said it. I can also look at how he and Apple acted prior to that and after that including now with companies like Samsung.
It is pointless to get you or any Apple supporter to actually look at facts within context.
The dumbing down of western culture indeed and the rise of the superstar sociopath CEO's.
Edited 2012-10-07 14:41 UTC