I have to admit that I was quite worried about the direction Apple was taking when I heard about .Mac. However, I was willing to hear them out. After the Macworld NY keynote, I was still a bit skeptical. This article has changed my mind. .Mac is a good thing.
All of the bad old Mac users who were enraged by the announcement of .Mac are a bunch of freeloaders. They don’t seem to understand that their beloved Apple will cease to exist if they don’t make money.
Microsoft’s actions in Peru are unconscionable. However, what really disgusts me is that the U.S. government is using my money to lobby another government on Microsoft’s behalf.
Related reading: Congressman Edgar Villanueva’s letter to Microsoft.
It’s nice to see editorials like Hacking, Hijacking Our Rights. However, I worry that until we see stories about the Hollywood/Washington assault on the intellectual commons presented in the mainstream media, the average American is going to see it as a marginal issue. Of course, that’s assuming that they even hear about it. Am I too pessimistic?
David Bollier’s Reclaiming the Commons in the Boston Review is highly recommended reading. While you’re at it, check out Richard Stallman’s reply.
I was hopeful that the demonstration of a hacked DVD player that Bruce Perens was planning to perform would lead to a successful assault on the DMCA. Of course, it was too good to be true.
Are you ready for Homeland Security? Check out this image on this Patent and Trademark Office page. (via Boing Boing)
Mac OS X.2 looks like it’s going to be a huge improvement over X.1 (which, by the way, I think is already wonderful). Apple really seems to be spending a lot of time on the little things that the Mac is known for.
