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jira writes:
"You may think you own your iPad or iPhone but in reality an invisible string links it back to Apple HQ" writes John Naughton writes in "The Guardian". And ads: "Umberto Eco once wrote a memorable essay arguing that the Apple Mac was a Catholic device, while the IBM PC was a Protestant one. His reasoning was that, like the Roman church, Apple offered a guaranteed route to salvation – the Apple Way – provided one stuck to it. PC users, on the other hand, had to take personal responsibility for working out their own routes to heaven."
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jira writes:
Jon Blyth in The Guardian on how How the Commodore 64 taught me about greed and zealotry: On the occasion of the launch of the Commodore 64 Reborn as Atom Equipped Nettop
Commodore 64 Reborn as Atom Equipped Nettop Jon Blyth remebers what Commodore 64 taught him. AMong other things: "But look at it, all brown, ugly and lovely. It taught me so much. The Commodore 64 taught me about zealotry. After upgrading from the inferior ZX Spectrum, I would try to convince the Sinclair loyalists to follow me. I would invite them to my house, and let them see that with just eight colours and a monophonic sound chip, their lives lacked true depth. My evangelism quickly faded into impatience. So, I can now see why American Baptists get so miffy about atheists – it's horrible dealing with people who don't realise how much better you are."
