Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 14th Nov 2012 23:22 UTC
On the day CyanogenMod moves CM10 to stable, their domain is hijacked by a community 'member'. "We don't like how this played out, and we are deeply hurt. Likewise, we are deeply saddened at the confusion this may have caused the community. We will continue to be open about the what, when, how, but unfortunately, we may never know the 'why' - though greed comes to mind. The team itself has not made a profit off of CM and that is not our goal. But to have one of our own betray the community like this is beyond our comprehension." This makes me so angry and sad. Slightly related: it's about damn time the Googles and Samsungs of this world invest some money and resources into CyanogenMod to give them a solid infrastructure to work with. It would be peanuts for them financially.
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Member since:2005-11-13
That would be awesome, but it won't happen because that would serve to legitimize the project, something Google doesn't want to do overtly.
Yeah, CM is so good that people by the hundreds of thousands are willing to void their warranty in order to install the rom on their phone. God forbid some company invest in them and actually give people what they want for a change and release a phone with CM as the default rom.
Member since:2006-01-06
This is not that obvious that you void your warranty with custom ROM. My Motorola phone's warranty terms does not specify anything like that. States only that if damage is *caused* by software modifications, then they can reject the warranty. In fact, I returned my phone twice for warranty repair, and each time with CyanogenMod on it: it came back repaired and with 'upgraded' firmware to newest stock.
I don't know about Samsung. But I got laptop from them. It had a minor display problem and i returned it for repair. Same issue: I modified it a bit, replaced HDD with SSD, added more RAM, damn, I even disassembled it just to look at the mainboard - first day I had it. Clerks at the shop where they sold it to me said any modifications/opening voids the warranty. But it's a bullshit, exactly the same as with Motorola. Laptop had visible signs of previous opening, but they fixed it and shipped back without any problems.
To sum up: it's an urban legend that flashing/rooting/modifying always voids warranty. You got the warranty terms printed and it won't hurt to read them, might not be that bad.
Member since:2012-11-16
Actually Samsung employs the lead dev of CM, and they provide free phones to some of the devs to work on them. They should get a lot more recognition than they do for their support of cyanogenmod (obviously, it pales in comparison with the community's support, but it's still more than any other company I can call to mind).
Member since:2005-06-29
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The third and final WWDC product I want to talk about is - of course - OS X 10.9 Mavericks. While iOS 7 was clearly the focus of this year's WWDC, its venerable desktop counterpart certainly wasn't left behind. Apple announced OS X 10.9 Mavericks, the first OS X release not to carry the name of a big cat.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/11/13 17:07 UTC
We already talked about iOS 7 yesterday (after a night of sleep, it's only looking worse and worse - look at this, for Fiona's sake!), so now it's time to talk about the downright stunning and belly flutters-inducing new Mac Pro. As former owner and huge, huge, huge fan of the PowerMac G4 Cube - I haven't been this excited about an Apple product since, well, I would say the iMac G4. This is the Apple I used to love.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/10/13 23:13 UTC
Apple held its big keynote event thing at WWDC earlier this evening, but since I was away with friends I've had to read up on it later in the evening. The company announced iOS 7, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, and they gave a preview of the new Mac Pro. Especially the Mac Pro impressed me, and while iOS 7's new Holo/Metro-inspired theme looks messy and garish to me, I do commend Apple for finally breaking the mold. This news item will focus on iOS 7 - I'll dive into the Mac Pro and OS X 10.9 tomorrow (it's late here now).
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/08/13 14:57 UTC
And yes, the PRISM scandal is far, far from over. More and more information keeps leaking out, and the more gets out, the worse it gets. The companies involved have sent out official statements - often by mouth of their CEOs - and what's interesting is that not only are these official statements eerily similar to each other, using the same terms clearly designed by lawyers, they also directly contradict new reports from The New York Times. So, who is lying?
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That would be awesome, but it won't happen because that would serve to legitimize the project, something Google doesn't want to do overtly.