But you aren't using it anyway, are you? So you aren't affected by any sneaky DRM they put in it. You're also very vocal about your dissatisfaction, right? And at any rate, them throwing yet more DRM into their package that makes the computers hard or impossible to use (combined with an ever growing host of detractors and competitors) simply means that more people follow your example.

It can be an effective policy, but it really depends on the competition providing a useful product.

TBH alot of you people are simply being asshats - there's nothing surprising or special about this situation. Most of the apps in the store are free and are simply downloaded to see if they fulfill a specific purpose (perhaps even a momentary purpose). Why *shouldn't* I download the (free) flashlight app? Why shouldn't I download the Twitter/Facebook/Myspace app? Why shouldn't I download another calendar to keep track of my wife's monthly cycle and ovulation/pregnancy tests?

Now, most people I know with an iphone use the Pandora app over their regular itunes collection - but virtually all of them carry headphones and use either the ipod or pandora app for music regularly. And in reality, I've known a fair number of people (just like you, apparently) that were all "Psch, iphone, I'll buy Smartphone-X it's just the same". Yeah, except when you use it you're like... DUDE W T F IS UP WITH THIS STUPID GUI!?!?!?!

You don't see iphone users saying that. You see most of us pitying the poor saps that bought inferior phones that implement a substandard GUI. Hell, even the people I know that *HAVE* decent GUIs on their smartphone would really prefer the iphone. And yes, we all use them for business purposes.

BTW, iphone killer apps that I'm aware of:

• Pandora
• Chess With Friends
• Facebook
• Myspace
• Urbanspoon (Even has restaurants for the podunk town I live near)
• SFNetNews
• The Weather Channel (Much better than the built in weather app)

I think it was referring to depression/anger (see "black" mood). For more information: Black Monday

Yes, because sun does alot more than Linux does. Sun will not be going out of business.

When I was a younger man, I knew a kid (~8 yr/o) that was put in the Big House because he attacked his playmate with a hammer. He said he got mad and 'woke up' standing over the other boy with the bloody hammer in his hand. Last I talked to him, the other kid was still not conscious. Additionally, you have to look at accidental injuries with hammers vs accidental injuries with guns. While the single instance seriousness of a gun accident is much higher, I'd say (from experience) that the collective injuries from the common hammer is much higher. In fact, I'm willing to bet that there's more hammer and tool related hospitalizations than gun hospitalizations...

What's remarkably funny is that I thought *exactly* that when I saw the string of ^H. ^W is a huge improvement, but I'm thinking the comment could have done with a ^U instead.