Sharing Tiger
So, there is all this talk of people being sued over leaking Tiger, the next big OS release from my good pal Apple. The only thing that can come out of suing them is sending them into bankruptcy and scaring away developers from fear that if they misstep they will be sued also. I have not had a chance to play with Tiger yet (I am waiting to keep the suspense high), but it is apparently pretty cool, but not finished. Apple is worried about keeping its secrets safe, but from who?
The people who are going to download pre-release versions of Tiger are those hard core mac users that don't have the scratch to pay to get a pre-release version of Tiger. They are those who are going to play with it, have nothing to do with it after a while (developers can make software and test it in the new environment), and eventually pay for the full release version.
On the other hand, the software was released under Apple's agreement with the people who got it, and they promised not to pirate it. Because of that Apple is in no way doing anything wrong, but maybe they are being just a little bit harsh on these developers who love Apple, and just want to share the love.
(Also, today Apple updated the iPods. So now, you can get an iPod at every $50 starting at $99... so, when you go into buy that $150, you may just be able to push yourself up to $200... what a smart Apple)
Comments
the ipod shuffle is the stupidest idea ever
Posted by: fdsafa | February 23, 2005 11:55 AM
oh just kidding, i didnt realize they had the option to play songs in order. still, i dont get why theyre promoting it with bs like RANDOMREVOLUTION!!! you can put an ipod and pretty much any mp3 or cd player on random mode.
Posted by: safds | February 23, 2005 01:01 PM
Right, but the big deal about Random is that the iPod selects songs from your iTunes library intelligently random. So, if you have ever used the Party Shuffle feature of iTunes, you will know how well it is at choosing songs by random that you want to listen to.
I am very surprised often by how Party Shuffle choses songs I want to hear, but never thought of listening to.
Posted by: dcohen | February 25, 2005 02:55 PM