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Quote: Originally Posted by plovell But not nearly enough. What they got was a telling-off, and a slap on the wrist. Not at all. Microsoft run very differently these days. There is a documented case about 5 years ago where some MS departmen…
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Quote: Originally Posted by darrynlowe Nope. There are also people who really need this. I use Crossover/Wine a lot and not having X11 would be very bad. However, it's not when it is downloadable. Sometimes there actually are reasons to com…
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Quote: Originally Posted by doh123 Wireshark... Wine.. including Crossover and Wineskin... but they bundle their own X11 builds inside, but still rely on some of XQuartz being installed. really? thats very short sighted. Java is a majo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Shaun, UK Don't agree with Apple on this one. Really how much effort would be to make it available on disk, even if only by post. Broadband internet is nowhere near universally available around the world. I have friend…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iDave I suspect you're being sarcastic but there are still some people with no access to broadband who are also quite some distance from any Apple store. I guess since it's such a small percentage, Apple doesn't care. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by sflocal Flame Apple for supposedly taking choice away from the consumer. But wait, now let's also blame Apple when they delegate apps to 3rd parties that would most likely do a better job of supporting it. Consumer…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Apple v. Samsung I built this rig at the end of 2010. At the time the cost was around 1200, So Far other then the bad ram I had when I purchased with it(Swapped out for free). I have not had any cost with this thing ot…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Blastdoor 1. Simplification 2. They intend to run OSX on machines not called "mac" (for example, as a VM on a server) The first explanation seems most likely Yeah, it's 1. They are just tidying things up. But I …
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Don't see why this is significant. I never knew System 7 as Macintosh System 7, so why is everyone getting so upset that OSX is no longer Mac OSX? What other commercial systems other than Macintosh run OSX?
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit Kodak is going to use that money to buy RIM. They'd have more of a plan than RIM does in that case!
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Quote: Originally Posted by popnfresh Nothing like kicking a competitor, and co-inventor of your patent, when it's fighting for its life. Apple used to have some class. Now it has none. Without the benefit of Steve's Reality Distortion Field …
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Game is most certainly on if the DoJ and EU are in communication with each other over this. There are too many government officials talking about patents. Google/Moto/Samsung better have something up their sleeves because this isn't going to end …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][ I challenge any liberals whose vocabulary consists of the word "puerile" to refute any of the claims or facts that I've laid out, if they take issue with it. I provide links which clearly lay waste to the absu…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hungover Fanboisim is not an excuse for insensitivity or racism. He wasn't being racist or insensitive though. I've spent time in the far east and if you thinking working in a paddy field is a nice place, then I …
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Quote: Originally Posted by hungover I wonder how much cheaper devices would be if everyone stopped resorting to breaking FRAND agreements or suing over silly IP patents that should never have been issued in the first place. I reckon it wouldn…
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Surprised this was missed: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02...ns_on_patents/ Essentially, the EU is really pissed at Motorola and Samsung. Can you say "the fine is 10% of the global turnover" without smiling?
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Quote: Originally Posted by voodooru spare your flames lol I'm a fanboy. Just pointing out the obvious. I agree with you, Apple needs to be putting in 4G as standard these days across the range, otherwise Lion does a bit of a Vista. (Howe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil A logical step that hasn't been available to the public for years. Years? I know this is the internet and we're all prone to exaggerating things "it was big", but the white MacBook was discontinued 6 m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy I agree that FRAND patents shouldn't be used in this manner. The problem is that they sometimes are and have been in the past. Probably will in the future too. Apparently the groups responsible for over-seeing…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy IMO, the whole purpose of Google holding steady to Moto's 2.25% of the device cost as a royalty is to break the lawsuit cycle and force a cross-licensing agreement with Apple and MS. It's not about the patent …