[lug] Proprietary Licenses Are Even Worse Than They Look

[Jonathan Corbet]

On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:44:20 -0600
Carl Wagner <carl.wagner at verbalworld.com> wrote:

> So Apple hardware subsidies it software.  If they split them up (software
> and hardware) then Apple will charge the far market value for the
> software probably around $500 (total guess).

Do you know that to be true?  Apple's software is not cheap if you buy it
separately.  I don't think subsidies are the issue; control is.

> If you don't like it, don't use their software, but Apple isn't doing
> some of the things Microsoft is doing, like the OOXML standards
> violations and threating to use patents to shut down open source.

Look at the HTC suit and tell me that they aren't threatening open source
with patents...

	http://lwn.net/Articles/376793/

jon