Re: Re: Apple at it again..

[Andy Powell <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin,

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Quoting Kevin Hawkins <yahoogroupskh@xxxxxxx>:

> Hi Andy..
>
>    Do you have a link to the DDAR firmware for SqueezeCentre
integration ?
>
>     K
>
> Andy Powell wrote:
>> 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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