Comments on: Mike Robertson’s new music app http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1293 p2pnet.net - reader powered Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:59:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1293/comment-page-1#comment-1478 Reader's Write Tue, 27 Apr 2004 05:21:36 +0000 #comment-1478 The only thing they ripped off is the look of the interface. Is that really a big deal? A lot of the GUI work done for Linux looks like windows GUIs. Does that make the authors of the software "cut-rate rip-off artists"? The only thing they ripped off is the look of the interface. Is that really a big deal? A lot of the GUI work done for Linux looks like windows GUIs. Does that make the authors of the software “cut-rate rip-off artists”?

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1293/comment-page-1#comment-1460 Reader's Write Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:12:19 +0000 #comment-1460 Wow, I like what Linspire is doing a lot doe desktop linux, but... um, except for the fact they charge for free software, but by the look of these 2 apps, all these guys have done is ripped off the interfaces from Apple's iTunes and iPhoto and called it a Linux application. Will love to see the battle over this one. Nice of them to make iTunes and iPhoto available for linux (they open sourced the code). I'm assuming it'll work with other flavors of linix besides Lispire. But is this really what innovation has come to? Ripping off someone else's work and then charging cut-rate for it ? Hard to be supportive for cut-rate rip-off artists. Wow, I like what Linspire is doing a lot doe desktop linux, but… um, except for the fact they charge for free software, but by the look of these 2 apps, all these guys have done is ripped off the interfaces from Apple’s iTunes and iPhoto and called it a Linux application. Will love to see the battle over this one.

Nice of them to make iTunes and iPhoto available for linux (they open sourced the code). I’m assuming it’ll work with other flavors of linix besides Lispire.
But is this really what innovation has come to? Ripping off someone else’s work and then charging cut-rate for it ? Hard to be supportive for cut-rate rip-off artists.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1293/comment-page-1#comment-1455 Reader's Write Mon, 26 Apr 2004 07:02:04 +0000 #comment-1455 Lindows new apps Lsongs and Lphoto look like quality programs which Linux needs. Nobody has done more in the last 2 years for Desktop Linux then these guys. They just had their annual conference and it was well attended and I heard they had filed their S1 to go public. Lindows new apps Lsongs and Lphoto look like quality programs which Linux needs. Nobody has done more in the last 2 years for Desktop Linux then these guys.

They just had their annual conference and it was well attended and I heard they had filed their S1 to go public.

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