Posts by focher

The issue is not whether Apple already had wireless sync planned or in development. The issue is whether they used this guy's code to ultimately implement the functionality (as I doubt he patented any methods he used). There is some...

Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][ Apple started all of the "i" stuff and everybody else who is putting an "i" before their products are simply copying from Apple. I believe that all of the "i" stuff...

Quote: Originally Posted by hittrj01 Don't feed him. If you look at some of his past posts, he is apparently a disgruntled small-time developer that obviously made no money making (probably) crappy apps and has a grudge against anything...

Quote: Originally Posted by camroidv27 Didn't they say in the ads that there are no viruses or spyware for macs? I distinctly heard that. True a Trojan isn't a computer virus by definition, so I'll give you that one. But, when you...

I wonder if Apple is going to fix the pricing issue in iTMS. The prices are cheaper if you use a first gen AppleTV compared to the exact same content with a 2G. It's ridiculous. We just have both attached and switch back to the 1G if we...

...for the HDMI adapter. <sigh>

Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody I've been in the industry since Commodore 64 days and I can honestly say that I have *never* seen a really good piece of software that was open source. There's a lot of great code snippets out...

VLC was developed and licensed under an open source license. If you don't like the license, don't use VLC. People use software licensed under much more restrictive terms every day (like every piece of commercial software), but there are...

One thing I cannot believe hasn't been covered in the media is Apple's pricing game. If you have both a 1st and 2nd gen ATV, browse through the movies and TV shows. Compare the prices for the same titles. The 2nd gen ATV charges more...

For me, the best part of getting insight into the workings of a company like Apple is the insight into what they do to succeed. If small (nimble) teams lead to such successes on a short time table, then glad to know it so I can do my...