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hammeroftruth said:

chadbag said:

Not sure that using a firmware falls under copyright.

I hope they (Dymo) get their wee wee slapped really hard  and they end up paying a ton of legal fees on a losing battle. 

More than likely, a competitor like Zebra can use this to market their competitive products. 

More likely they will follow and do the same.  

M68000 said:

Time will tell with all this bitcoin and crypto stuff.  Some believe it is really just a big Ponzi scheme.  Warren Buffett has said he has no interest - he said it produces nothing therefore it has no value.  

This also applies to some currencies in the world which is no longer back by gold or silver. But of course, these currencies is back by the countries. So people trust these money based on the faith of the country can guarantee the value. Will a country back a crypto currency, I don’t think so, risk too high and almost no way to control it. But will a country used it their own currencies, it is already happening.

Who is he again?

I bought my brand new 2019 16” MBP when it was out. I order online and pick up in Apple Store. When I told the old gentleman who helped me that I pay full price for the $4000 MBP, he paused and seems uneasy. Then he asked me to wait till he finished with other customers. Then he asked me if I want to save some money and offer me education discount. He cancel my online order and repurchased it and give me the discount. The whole thing took at least 45 minutes. He is not on Commission and that was the first time I see him. not to mention I was not in school or education.

If Apple change AS to commission base or performance base, I don’t think the service will be anywhere this good. 

Since xserve, Apple had not released a single hardware product that is focusing on commercial market, I highly doubt if they will do it now.