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Apple: if we get you subscribers, we deserve a cut
zridling:
I like Google right now, but....-zridling (February 18, 2011, 07:45 AM)
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I should counter that one of the things I do like about Google is that -- like Amazon -- you can buy server space cheaply. 20Gb for $5/year is a great help to what I do. These companies provide valuable services, but why must their bargains be Faustian?
Renegade:
Well, it looks like anti-trust time...
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/an_antitrust_app_buvCWcJdjFoLD5vBSkguGO
the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission are locked in negotiations over which of the watchdogs will begin an antitrust inquiry into Apple's new policy of requiring software developers who devise applications for devices such as the iPhone and iPad to use only Apple's programming tools.
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There's more to it than just that though.
f0dder:
There's more to it than just that though.-Renegade (February 19, 2011, 11:14 AM)
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This might hit Microsoft and others as well - but nice, I hope something major comes out of this rather than a crappy settlement.
40hz:
I hope something major comes out of this rather than a crappy settlement.
-f0dder (February 19, 2011, 11:24 AM)
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What will likely come out of it is a crappy settlement. One which Apple will be allowed to make without being required to admit to any wrongdoing. Assuming it even gets that far.
Most of these cases end exactly that way if (and that's a very big if) they make it past the initial inquiry stage.
Expect political posturing, industry name calling, heavy-duty fanboy evangelism, the usual sarcastic and condescending comments from Mr. Jobs, some Congressional hand-wringing, and...well..very little else.
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