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[Iggy]

It's ok when apple steals. Just ask xerox.

Glad somebody mentioned that.
Apple designers are SO original.
Get off it.
This is the company that sued the Beatles (even though the Beatles logo predated the start of their company).
 
Apple's intent is about market control, not competition or intellectual property rights.
In this regard they should be seriously chastisied.

[Iggy]

Apple Corps (The Beatles label) sued Apple Computers, Apple Computers did not sue The Beatles/Apple Corps. First suit was in 1978. Apple Corps sued Apple Computers several times over the years, with one or two settlements in there from Apple Computers.
 
Apple can be chastised and berated for a lot of things, but the statements above simply aren't factual, lol.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer

I stand quite corrected. Thank you (great use of reference material - btw).
 
As to tablet design (not phones), many elements go back (once again) to PARC designs which could not be relized at the times.
 
Apple strip mines other company's ideas.

[Iggy]

..it had increased in value at the end of the transformation phase.

You sound like one of my economics professors, Kesa.
 
Can you tell me exactly what makes the iPod stand out above all other mp3 players? I've never owned one and can't really see any unusual features except for iTunes.
 
In which case, its the marketing model, not the device that has added value (uh, I went to school too).

[Iggy]

When MP3 players came out, the Ipod was crap but the competition was ****e?

Actually, isn't it facinating that they've managed to convince us to pay for a reduced quality format?
 
Man we must be stupid.
 
But, then, many of us keep buying Apple products.
 
I actually have some music stored on one of my players in .wav format (doesn't take up that much extra space).

[Iggy]

****e?

btw - what the heck does that mean?

[Iggy]

but probably less than what ...

 
yeah, right. tell that to a Foxconn employee.
Apple uses slave labor.

[Iggy]

Foxconn accounts for something like 40% of the consumer electronics being sold. It's inescapable.
It has nothing to do with Apple, it's all of us.
 
We chose lives that are held up by slave labour, but we pretend that "moral shopping" and brand loyalty will make it okay.

OK, you and Persia have made me reach for the first beer of the day.
That's depressing stuff.

[Iggy]

Bill Gates didn't kill Apple in the 90's, 'cos he was smart enough to know that if they were gone, Microsoft really would *BE* a monopoly and they would have torn his company to pieces.
 
 
Jobs, is, was and will always be, a douche! Personally, I kinda wish I was old enough to be working for Apple during their heyday. If that SOB got in *MY* face and slammed me up against a wall for working 19 hours straight and "not producing" anything, I would have smiled and said "that's assault - I never gave you permission to physically touch me" and slammed him with a major lawsuit.
 
The best thing about it is, many people that had quit previously would have heard about the lawsuit and probably jumped on, making it a class-action suit. Once that happened, the board at Apple would be going "Here, take this money. Settle out of court."
 
But my attitude and mentality would have been "Nope. I don't want your money. I want his head."
 
I met him once. He was a prick to even his fans...... I have zero respect for him. Apple, I have a little, but until they prove to me that they're not following in the footsteps of their "Messiah", I'm not interested in any product they have to offer......

 
Ah, someone with an unclouded view of what a complete a**hole this guy was.

[Iggy]

Can you be any more greedy? Why pay 30 pounds for a cable when you could get the same thing thing for 3.5 pounds?
 
http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/09/21/authentication_chips_discovered_in_teardown_of_apples_new_lightning_connector

Thank you Kesa, for reminding me why I hate this company.

[Iggy]

@Iggy
 
Yeah, Amiga is cheaper...

 
Overall, MorphOS is cheaper (dang, Apple again).
Amiga? Never was cheap, still isn't.