[ale] ipods under linux

[James Taylor]

The only ipods I have are spiffs from conferences or events.
I have never hooked one up to itunes.  I have never had an itunes acount and don't intend to have one.
I do like apple's hardware, and the my macbook pro is a really nice unit, but if they ever require an itunes account for me to use it, it goes straight to craigslist.

The itunes requirement is the only reason I will never consider an iphone as a possible purchase.  I am eagerly awaiting the day when the Pre is available for SIM providers. I've always liked my palm phone, and I'd love to get a Pre.
-jt

 

James Taylor
The East Cobb Group, Inc.
678-697-9420
james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com
http://www.eastcobbgroup.com




>>> Jim Philips <briarpatch.jim at gmail.com> 7/24/2009  05:14 PM >>> 
On 07/24/2009 04:58 PM, J. D. wrote:
> This is an interesting few paragraphs about apple, ipods, and 
> interoperability or lack thereof.
>
> /FLAMEON
>
> http://mdeslaur.blogspot.com/2009/07/goodbye-apple.html
>
>
> No flames from this end. I've been watching the same events thinking tha Apple has been just egregious in pursuing product lock-in. And Palm has become my new hero by taking them on. Think back to the time of records. Imagine if Columbia Records had produced vinyl records that could only be played on record players produced by Columbia. Do you think the people or the courts would have tolerated it? I simply will not buy any more Apple products, no matter what the "coolness" factor might be. And this applies especially to songs on iTunes. The alternative is out there and it's DRM-free music from Amazon.
>    

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