Re: Rhythmbox doesn't quite share

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On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 16:29 -0500, Steven Stern wrote:
> On 09/20/2010 03:50 PM, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
> > Steven Stern wrote:
> >> Well, that's useful, Craig. I guess I should hand my Mac to the nearest
> >> homeless person.
> > 
> > You should. You overpaid hundreds of dollars for the same hardware you 
> > could buy separately for less. Those hundreds of dollars you could have 
> > saved could have went to a homeless shelter.
> > 
> > I will always be mystified how people are suckered into buying Apple 
> > products. I guess that's why I'm not a Steve Jobs.
> 
> I hate to go off topic (VBG), but you guys just don't get it.  We live
> in the world and I make my money by knowing technology. And that's not
> just Linux. It's also Windows and Mac. My main computer is Fedora, as is
> my server, but I have a Windows notebook and a MacBook, because I have
> to know those technologies, too.  OK, I'm done with this thread, because
> Godwin is looking over my shoulder.
----
I should have specifically stated 'Apple devices' and not just Apple
products because computers are a different beast.

The issue is that Apple sells closed devices with specific requirements
to use a closed software package (iTunes) with undocumented and ever
changing protocols (ie... daap such as we are discussing). This has
resulted in varying times when you can't use iTunes to interact with
other devices and software that have reverse engineered compatibility
because Apple continually changes things without notice or documentation
to the community. If you want to buy their devices
(iPod/iPhone/iLockYouOut) then so be it but you should recognize that it
is likely not to play well with the rest of the world.

Craig


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