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Last edited by deanjo; 15 October 2011, 11:16 AM.
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Who is singling out Apple? I thought the main complaint was that Jobs was getting this 'pay respects to a great man' reaction and some people were objecting.
Many people don't know about Richie. Where is the discussion about him? The mainstream media hasn't made a big deal... some tech rags or blogs might have mentioned it but...
Also, the mod here is a Mac user so you won't get any objective perspective here. I thought Linux ppl, in general, weren't overly fond of Apple/Jobs... the two are very contradictive.
Although, the Unix part is one where there is a commonality, the values inherent in each are opposite, imho. But, what I have read of Jobs (how he was involved and his relations with co-founders of Apple, relations with politicians - e.g. Clinton etc), I really don't see the fascination or reason for praise. I guess it's just me... most people don't care about values or principles so they go with superficial values and ideals.
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Originally posted by RealNC View PostStill waiting for the "R.I.P. Dennis Ritchie" thread, a man who was an actual scientist rather than just a businessman trying to get rich through shady practices.
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Still waiting for the "R.I.P. Dennis Ritchie" thread, a man who was an actual scientist rather than just a businessman trying to get rich through shady practices.
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Originally posted by Hephasteus View PostNo. You don't get it deanjo. Foxconn is not apple and it's not Intel. It's a global company that finds as many people as it can to exploit. It just has a rich market in china who has millons of migrant workers and a rich market in mexico who has government gangs setting up nafta that drive them off the farm with cheap food prices and then exploits them in factory work. It's thug business. And it's not only ignored by intel and apple. It's actually encouraged. The problem is the thug business is so brutal and immoral that they screw them over by selling extra plastic cases to knock off makers etc. The price of dealing with this type of set up is you walk into best buy and you pay for a ipad and you get it home and find out it's a knockoff.
Apple and Intel are not interested in balance or fairness. They are interested in arbitrage. Apple literally and I mean literally treats their customers likes kings and queens. However everything is zero sum so for that they have to treat workers like dirt.
Apple can set an ethics clause all they want. Chinese government even sets an ethics clause for foxconn. They just don't frikking enforce it.
But it's there to make you think that's what they want. There was never a foxconn suicide craze. There was a foxconn suicide rebellion meaning I'm sick of your crap. They are caught in a fight. Any fight you are involved with you have 2 responses. Attack or run. Fight or Flight. Suicide is simply flight with a nasty statement. I'd rather be dead than work for you. It's the same thing with people setting themselves on fire. Whether it's a egyptian guy selling fruit to provide for his family or a greek guy going to the bank asking for an extension on a loan to save his business and walking out of the bank and setting himself on fire, it's all the same thing. The difference is only in the actual social mechanics of how both provide for family. Setting yourself on fire is universal language for you have lost all trust.
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Originally posted by XorEaxEax View PostYou are the only one trying to 'spin' things. How much time do you spend on the web desperately trying to find things to discredit Stallman with? Why are you so obsessed with him as a person? Why not target his licence (which is obviously what you REALLY have a problem with) or his actual views on software instead of ad hominem attacks?
Weak.
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Originally posted by deanjo View PostOK first of all Foxconn != Apple. They are a supplier/manufacturer for Apple just like MANY MANY MANY other companies (Intel, ASRock, Amazon, Acer, Cisco, HP, Nokia, MSI, Dell, Nintendo, Sony Ericson, Visio just to name a few) . Secondly, the suicides are not even close to being limited or even proportionally allocated to employees assembling the Apple products. In fact Apple is the ONLY Foxconn customer that sets an ethics clause for maximum hours with out rest and wages with their contract with Foxconn and does regular inspection to make sure it is upheld on their product assembly lines. This started way before the "suicide" craze there (which btw is lower per capita then what it is for the general US population). The sad fact is that because of the culture there many of the suicides there were viewed as a way to provide for their families in their repressive society.
Apple and Intel are not interested in balance or fairness. They are interested in arbitrage. Apple literally and I mean literally treats their customers likes kings and queens. However everything is zero sum so for that they have to treat workers like dirt.
Apple can set an ethics clause all they want. Chinese government even sets an ethics clause for foxconn. They just don't frikking enforce it. But it's there to make you think that's what they want. There was never a foxconn suicide craze. There was a foxconn suicide rebellion meaning I'm sick of your crap. They are caught in a fight. Any fight you are involved with you have 2 responses. Attack or run. Fight or Flight. Suicide is simply flight with a nasty statement. I'd rather be dead than work for you. It's the same thing with people setting themselves on fire. Whether it's a egyptian guy selling fruit to provide for his family or a greek guy going to the bank asking for an extension on a loan to save his business and walking out of the bank and setting himself on fire, it's all the same thing. The difference is only in the actual social mechanics of how both provide for family. Setting yourself on fire is universal language for you have lost all trust.
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Originally posted by V!NCENT View PostAll EU, USA and Australia Nokia phones are made in Finland, so I'm calling this bullshit.
Terry Gou, the Foxconn founder, known as a true capitalist who relentlessly pursues efficiency in his factories, is planning to increase the number of robots to 300 000 next year, and one million total in the next three years...
Just google Nokia and Foxconn and you will find all kinds of evidence.Last edited by deanjo; 15 October 2011, 08:57 AM.
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All EU, USA and Australia Nokia phones are made in Finland, so I'm calling this bullshit.
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Originally posted by deanjo View PostOK first of all Foxconn != Apple. They are a supplier/manufacturer for Apple just like MANY MANY MANY other companies (Intel, ASRock, Amazon, Acer, Cisco, HP, Nokia, MSI, Dell, Nintendo, Sony Ericson, Visio just to name a few) .
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