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This subscription model I have a problem with, but....

Ignoring the original Mac OS (and all the OS version up to 9) is the only way to say they ripped off Konfabulator. Desk Accessories finally make an appearance in OS X after missing since OS 9 and it is a ripoff of Konfabulator?



Can't believe this debate is happening again in 2011. Serious deja vu.

[edit upon downvote: I don't mean it shouldn't happen, I just thought it was funny to suddenly be transported back to that time; hadn't even thought of the app nor the arguments around it in years.]


I just get sick of people trotting this one out when it was history ignoring in the first place. It also ignores the whole Yahoo thing, but I digress. Its like during a really in-depth boxing debate trotting out the boxer's W-L record when wearing blue shorts....

I could be in a bad mood just because this foolish policy probably destroyed any hope of micro-payments on iOS devices.




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