[ale] Android Tablets

[Geoffrey]

Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> That sort of misses the point.
> 
> What if you bought a car and the manufacturer told you they retained
> ownership rights in all the embedded systems?

I'm pretty sure they do that already.

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Geoffrey
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 9:34 AM
> To: damon at damtek.com; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: Re: [ale] Android Tablets
> 
> Damon L. Chesser wrote:
>> On Thu, 2010-08-19 at 07:48 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
>>> Yes. But they are MY circuits! If the circuit maker wants to dictate
>>> what I do with my circuits after they belong soley to me, then some
>>> level of fraud occurred in the ownership transfer.
>> I would have to agree, with out respect to what others think about how
>> "cool" or useful the device is.  AndrodX, can't hack it, what's the
>> point of owning it?
> 
> Because some people might like the functionality but have absolutely no 
> interest in hacking it?
> 
> 
>>>> On Aug 18, 2010 11:03 PM, "Jerald Sheets" <questy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> And I reiterate:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Face-palm...  shakes head.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> sheesh, people.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is the same set of attitudes which if held by the religious is
>>>> called fanaticism.  Chill, it's only circuits.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I won't own a piece of hardware where the egomaniacal corporapist
>>>>> manufacturer assumes they r...
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