> If the DoD wanted to provide a photo of the general in front of a flag, then they should have submitted a photo of her taken in front of a flag. [army.mil]
Umm.... what makes you think that photo was taken in front of a flag, versus just having the flag photoshopped in?

If "IJ" means Indiana Jones, as I think it does, this whole argument is flawed as there have only been three Indiana Jones movies. The original Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, and Last Crusade.

IJ4? Sheesh. Like that'll ever happen.

They're not trying to lock people out of their hardware, though that's the perspective of tech geeks (like myself) who want the freedom to mix and match technologies until we build our perfect setup.

What they are trying to do is lock people into their hardware. Their intent is to get people (in volumes that far outwight the tech geek population) to use their product and then find themselves inconvenienced should they later decide to upgrade to competing products. If they can make it more convenient for Joe Consumer's next purchase to be one of their own products rather than what another company offers, they secure their own financial future. Joe Consumer isn't looking that far down the road and isn't planning to use the product in a manner exceeding the manufacturer's expectations, so Joe Consumer makes his purchase without considering these issues.

Ideally, they are the same. Pragmatically, there are differences.