[ale] Android Tablets

[Lightner, Jeff]

That sort of misses the point.

What if you bought a car and the manufacturer told you they retained
ownership rights in all the embedded systems?

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Geoffrey
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 9:34 AM
To: damon at damtek.com; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] Android Tablets

Damon L. Chesser wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-08-19 at 07:48 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> Yes. But they are MY circuits! If the circuit maker wants to dictate
>> what I do with my circuits after they belong soley to me, then some
>> level of fraud occurred in the ownership transfer.
> 
> I would have to agree, with out respect to what others think about how
> "cool" or useful the device is.  AndrodX, can't hack it, what's the
> point of owning it?

Because some people might like the functionality but have absolutely no 
interest in hacking it?


>>> On Aug 18, 2010 11:03 PM, "Jerald Sheets" <questy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> And I reiterate:
>>>
>>>
>>> Face-palm...  shakes head.
>>>
>>>
>>> sheesh, people.
>>>
>>>
>>> This is the same set of attitudes which if held by the religious is
>>> called fanaticism.  Chill, it's only circuits.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I won't own a piece of hardware where the egomaniacal corporapist
>>>> manufacturer assumes they r...
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