Thread: Everyone else has caught up and Nokia has been left behind
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gerbick
2010-04-22 , 17:09
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Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
I dragged nothing anywhere gerbick. You're on another of your rants where you hyperfocus on irrelevant aspects of the issue.
Always so personal man. Is this how counter-thought is greeted?

Forget fringe elements and reactionary motives. People driving open source solutions are not doing so out of negative motivations but rather positive ones.
Please quote where I said something that supports this. I said the walled garden hate around here. Not open source. You misread me totally there.

And it's more than semantics because your statements are right in line with the dangerous Microsoft and Apple FUD that has been working against the success of open source for years.
Erm, not quite. N900 has afforded people freedom of choice and ability; however I don't quite see the benefits without Nokia's direction. Nokia is lacking in that department at the moment.

My stance has nothing to do with Apple nor Microsoft's stances either.

Blaming rabid adherents for the state of the solution is disingenuous. The problems with open source lie entirely within the political elements that seek to perpetuate a tired old status quo that needs to die so we can finally move on to what's next.
And you somehow quickly overlooked that I'm stating that the alternative(s) aren't compelling, somehow. Not yet. And it should be. But not yet... somehow. Makes zero sense to me. Freedom is a good thing. It's being wasted right now, imho.

As the open-closed war continues to harden, things are going to get ugly for all of us. And if closed source wins (as it seems to be now with ridiculous software patents, bizarre IP protection schemes and the like), we're ALL screwed.
Bah. I'll have absolutely nothing to do with open-closed wars. Zealots offend my senses.

And as we contendly lap at the closed app store pools, we are applying the ointment to our own asses.
As opposed to patiently waiting for Nokia to come down the hill with news of what's forthcoming? Grease up that *** nicely.

And stop taking my comments somewhere I'm nowhere near. I swear... sometimes you guys take statements to prior arguments with other folks that don't include me. I'm neither open source or closed source. I've stated it over and over in prior statements - I'm a consumer... what I use and like, I support. I also like to have certain things that support my stance as a consumer (mostly) and that's my platform.

None of this open-closed source nonsense. Save that noise for the right person. I ain't it. Read my words literally... I pick and choose them carefully.