[ale] ipods under linux

[Richard Bronosky]

Then you've got the whole "to protect your secrets, torture someone
until they kill their self" thing.

On 7/24/09, James Taylor <James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>

-- 
Sent from my mobile device

.!# RichardBronosky #!.