[ale] ipods under linux

[J. D.]

Well said Jim. I have been pulled into the coolness factor myself. I
am not a fan of the lock-in and difficulty of wielding th ipod touch
from linux.

It would be nice for me to have something that just works like a block device.

J. D.

On 7/24/09, Jim Philips <briarpatch.jim at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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