Re: [fsf-community-team] [HELP!] Apple iPad press work

[James Phillips]

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 06:23:51PM -0500, Holmes Wilson wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> 
> It would be awesome if people could help circulate news about iPad's 
> dangerous DRM scheme on the popular sites writing about the iPad launch.
> 
> We had protesters on the scene at the event, and launched a petition 
> against iPad DRM.  A summary of our main points (which you can glean by 
> reading the posts): it's a general purpose computer whose manufacturer 
> (and its business partners) have total veto power over the applications 
> you can run.  This is not the direction that anybody sane wants to see 
> computing take.

I think it is fairly clear that the iPad is *not* a general-purpose computer: 
otherwise, it would be using the "standard" Mac OS X.

Should we write up a press-release for the print media explaining that 
the iPad won't save the industry?

Can Apple save the newspaper industry?
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/technology-gadgets/
can-apple-save-the-newspaper-industry-14648806.html

"The more your tighten your grip, (the more readers) will slip through 
your fingers." comes to mind. (Star-wars quote apparently).


Regards,

James Phillips