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Why I won't buy an iPad (and think you shouldn't, either) - Boing Boing
From the article: Incumbents made bad revolutionaries Relying on incumbents to produce your revolutions is not a good strategy. They're apt to take all the stuff that makes their products great and try to use technology to charge you extra for it, or prohibit it altogether.
ipad  apple  proprietary  open  closed  source  intellectuall_property  freedom  apps  article  business  culture  internet  journalism  media  news  technology  opinion  comics  read 
april 2010 by evanharmon
An Entirely Other Day: Making the Future
A great explanation of where Apple's design philosophy comes from. Also, really nails the transition I made a few years ago (along with my transition to Apple) from being a techie to deciding to only use techie stuff to further my own goals. That is, no more tech for tech's sake.
apple  business  culture  technology  ipad  Mac  inovation  future  progress  open_source  hacking  *****  article  read 
april 2010 by evanharmon
For Apple suppliers, loose lips can sink contracts| Reuters
How an entity at a higher level doesn't need to directly order abuse, but can indirectly do so, without much fear of consequences, by merely requiring very specific parameters that make abuse almost a certainty.
china  culture  apple  business  manufacturing  foxconn  secrecy  capitalism  international  oppression  authority  read  insight 
february 2010 by evanharmon

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