Comments on: Apple Now in ‘Embargo Mode’ Against Android (Linux) http://techrights.org/2010/04/03/usitc-loophole-and-htc/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Dr. Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2010/04/03/usitc-loophole-and-htc/comment-page-1/#comment-87656 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:58:14 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=29426#comment-87656 I know people (including friends of mine who use Android) who don’t know that Android is Linux underneath. A lot of the press presents Chrome OS as Google’s ‘own’ OS and won’t even say that Chrome uses a lot of others’ code, including KDE (elements of KHTML).

No wonder many people think that “Linux” failed and “GNU” is just some beast/animal.

]]> By: dyfet http://techrights.org/2010/04/03/usitc-loophole-and-htc/comment-page-1/#comment-87655 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:19:43 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=29426#comment-87655 That is an interesting point and I had not looked at it in quite that way until now, but now I better understand your original point.

]]> By: Dr. Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2010/04/03/usitc-loophole-and-htc/comment-page-1/#comment-87654 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:03:58 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=29426#comment-87654 The problem that I see is different. Canonical makes people think that Ubuntu and GNU/Linux are different. Google does the same thing with Android and Chrome OS. They obscure and rarely attribute/credit those who do the heavy lifting.

]]> By: dyfet http://techrights.org/2010/04/03/usitc-loophole-and-htc/comment-page-1/#comment-87653 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:55:25 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=29426#comment-87653 I happen disagree also. The problem as I see it is that there are now people there who do think this way, though. That is that they think the solution is branding.

]]> By: Dr. Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2010/04/03/usitc-loophole-and-htc/comment-page-1/#comment-87643 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:13:29 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=29426#comment-87643 I suppose what you’re saying is that if Microsoft and Apple are Coke and Pepsi, then Ubuntu strives to become RC Cola (for desktops) while 1,000+ distributions share their water, sugar and acids to produce excellent beverages that are kept affordable and come with full recipes and standalone ingredients.

All in all, I disagree with the suggestion that Ubuntu is all branding.

]]> By: dyfet http://techrights.org/2010/04/03/usitc-loophole-and-htc/comment-page-1/#comment-87634 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:28:34 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=29426#comment-87634 “…Buying Apple is about “anything but Microsoft”, whereas buying GNU/Linux usually means “anything but proprietary software”. The former is a war between brands, whereas the latter addresses behavior (access to program code, sharing without the restriction of software patents, DRM, et cetera)…”

I like this quote very much. The problem I see with Canonical is that it is now falling into a fallacy of choice of brands, which is NOT why most people choose Ubuntu. At least that is what I fear.

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