Open, just like free, is an overloaded word. Regarding freedom, the BSD people sneer at GPL folks who in turn snipe at proprietary. Dr. Goslin said, with regards to freedom, Sun meant the freedom of developers to run binaries on all, er, many, well, some platforms without modifications. Well, that's certainly a, um, special use of the word.
The astute reader will note that I changed the subject. I did so because I hope you see my point: when ever any one says we are [fill in warm, fuzzy, and buzzy here], it is usually expressed within a context and from a certain perspective and one advantageous to them.
And people with different agendas, contexts, and perspectives call them liars.
Ah, the old ennui. There's got to be some reason why I have to take breaks from the babble chamber here.
Apple says "we care about the interface and the performance and Flash takes some of that out of our hands." Others say that their priority is allowing users to configure and optimize their own experience (well, I'm not sure the carriers quite signed off on that memo.) You prefer the latter? Lemon drops and cherry pie!!!! You got a phone, shoot, lots of them and a new one every few weeks, waiting for you. How cool is that? (TM) Go Krazy!!
Apple thinks its customers are different than you. (Certainly not me, because I'm buying their stuff.) If Apple is wrong, and the phones stop selling, they'll adapt. Evidently, they don't see where they've miscalculated, yet.
Discussion on:
Message 4 of 1
The best of ZDNet, delivered
ZDNet Newsletters
Get the best of ZDNet delivered straight to your inbox
