tablets

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 11:09:46PM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>
> 
> | On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 02:34:21PM -0500, William Muriithi wrote:
> | > Ah, you mean its twice as much open :)
> | 
> | How about is is open versus it isn't open at all.
> 
> Neither are not nearly as open as I'd like.  Both need to be
> jailbroken.
> 
> Apple doesn't pretend to be open.
> 
> Android does pretend to be open.

Some android devices are very open, some are not.

I currently don't want an android device either.  Until the android kernel
is part of the stock Linus kernel tree I want nothing to do with it.

> | Of course I consider the iPad a useless brick at the moment.
> 
> I have not found it useless, and I've only started using it.

Well any computer that I can't write my own applications for, is a brick.
The way apple currently manages their app store is a complete random
insanity where no one ever knoww what will and will not be allowed and
for how long it will stay allowed if it gets in.

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Len Sorensen
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