Comments on: Partnership at the Point of a Gun?? http://blog.ryanjunee.com/2007/02/partnership-at-the-point-of-a-gun/ Thoughts from Silicon Valley Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:16:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Ryan Junee http://blog.ryanjunee.com/2007/02/partnership-at-the-point-of-a-gun/#comment-1594 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:23:52 +0000 http://blog.ryanjunee.com/2007/02/partnership-at-the-point-of-a-gun/#comment-1594 I don't want to get into an argument on this issue, since it misses the main point of my original post. However, since you challenge me to give an example of where Apple has opposed interoperability and been proprietary, how about http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,70436-0.html ? I don’t want to get into an argument on this issue, since it misses the main point of my original post. However, since you challenge me to give an example of where Apple has opposed interoperability and been proprietary, how about http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,70436-0.html ?

]]> by: Jay http://blog.ryanjunee.com/2007/02/partnership-at-the-point-of-a-gun/#comment-1538 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:22:47 +0000 http://blog.ryanjunee.com/2007/02/partnership-at-the-point-of-a-gun/#comment-1538 "As we all know Apple has a history of proprietary standards and lack of interoperability." Actually, if you know this history of Apple and personal computers, you know that this is a very asinine statement. Apple produced the first personal computer, and built it as an open standard. The first Macs with slots used an open standard slot format. People call them "proprietary" because the PC cloners chose to come up with their own standard, rather than embrace interoperability. But since Apple chose NuBus before that time, its not Apples fault. Etc. etc. etc. I doubt you can name a time when Apple has opposed interoperability and been proprietary... hell they even open sourced their operating system! “As we all know Apple has a history of proprietary standards and lack of interoperability.”

Actually, if you know this history of Apple and personal computers, you know that this is a very asinine statement. Apple produced the first personal computer, and built it as an open standard. The first Macs with slots used an open standard slot format. People call them “proprietary” because the PC cloners chose to come up with their own standard, rather than embrace interoperability. But since Apple chose NuBus before that time, its not Apples fault. Etc. etc. etc.

I doubt you can name a time when Apple has opposed interoperability and been proprietary… hell they even open sourced their operating system!

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