Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
It is a two way street. You own the device. They make the OS. Each
is
their own 'ball' if I am using your original metaphor appropriately. Each
sees the other as the field the ball gets played on. If you don't like the
field that your ball is playing on you are free to ask for something to be
changed. If it doesn't get changed you can go find another field to play
on. And vice versa.
The idea that the OS manufacturers get to control what you do with your
machine is a totally proprietary attitude that absolutely goes against the
spirit of Free Software. This control-freakiness is exactly what we hate
about proprietary software!
Kevin Kofler