[ale] Android Tablets

[William Fragakis]

I may be wrong but I believe that years ago, manufacturers were
forbidden to void warranties if repair/maintenance work was done by an
independent shop.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Your-Warranty-Will-Not-Be-Voided-With-Service-From-an-Independent-Shop&id=4396800

As much as I 'dislike' Apple's approach to their customers - ("Quit
holding it that way") - my son runs Garage Band on a Hackintosh (all
software purchased). We tried to get Ubuntu Studio up and running but it
exhausted his patience. We may go back to Studio but, in the meantime,
he's made some pretty cool music. But the rest of the house is Fedora,
Ubuntu and whatever else I'm playing with at the moment.

I'll step aside and let the pyrotechnics continue.

wf

On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 10:27 -0400, Jerald Sheets wrote:
> I know they do on my Ford.  I have a specified interface into the systems on-board, and they tell me that I void my warranty if I try and interface other than the specified way.  Further, I have to bring my car in to the dealer (ONLY...no other repair shops) to fix it and since I voided my warranty I then have to pay full price for the service for them to re-flash my on-board computer.
> 
> --j
> 
> 
> On Aug 20, 2010, at 10:11 AM, Calvin Harrigan wrote:
> 
> > On 8/20/2010 9:49 AM, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> >> 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?
> >> 
> > 
> > Not sure if that analogy would hold.  Doesn't the car company still own 
> > the embedded systems, at least the software that runs on them?
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