Re: Re: Apple at it again..

[Andy Powell <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Music around the home is (was/will be again when we move to new place)
managed by squeezecentre DDAR's running some nice squeezebox firmware,
a boom and a controller. For my iPod I use perl scripts, it's a
magnificently flexible mechanism. Ok, it might not be drag and drop
but I bet it's a lot lot faster.



Quoting noel_pilot <noel@xxxxxxx>:

> I'm steering well clear of the main topic here but I'm intrigued, if
>  iTunes in your opinion is so shocking....what do you use?! I've
> been  on itunes for years and not looked elsewhere since so
> genuinely  interested to know what i might be missing!
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Andy Powell <ukha@...> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 18 Jul 2009, at 11:57, Phil Harris wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
>> >> Behalf
>> >> Of David Gumbrell
>> >> Sent: 18 July 2009 10:35
>> >> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> >> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Apple at it again..
>> >>
>> >> Apple only screws over *disloyal* customers ...
>> >>
>> >> ;-)
>> >
>> > Exquese me?
>> >
>> > I saw the ;-) but if making a new generation product
incompatible
>> > with a
>> > load of 3rd party pieces of kit that they have previously
approved
>> > as "Made
>> > for iPod" isn't screwing over a wadge of customers then
I don't know
>> > what
>> > is...
>> >
>> > Phil
>> >
>>
>>
>> While I understand the frustration, you can't expect new
generations
>> of products
>> to always work with old add-ons. Apple can't certify hardware for
use
>> with the
>> iPhone or Ipod Touch if they don't exist at the time. Apple have
>> provided 'Works with'
>> labeling for both the iPhone and Ipod Touch.  Of course you can't
buy
>> 'Works with'
>> add ons if the thing they 'Works with' doesn't exist.
>>
>> Having said that I think Apple are cnuts but I do like some of
their
>> hardware and I certainly like OSX.
>>
>> However, who the f&$k in their right mind WANTS to use iTunes
for
>> anything  (other than torture)
>> it's the biggest pile of donkey droppings to plop out of those
>> cappuccino sipping Cupertino dwellers.
>> IMHO anyone that wants to use iTunes for anything deserves the
whole
>> 'bag of hurt'  that it is.
>>
>> Of course, if Palm had been more open they'd have used established
>> standards, preferably open ones, so
>> that the multitude of applications and sync mechanisms already
>> available could be used. Palm tried to be
>> smart and cheap and failed on the smart part.
>>
>>
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