[ale] Android Tablets

[Charles Shapiro]

Ooh, sox FTW!

-- CHS

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:11 AM, William Fragakis <william at fragakis.com> wrote:
> 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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