FSF vs. iPhone

Courtesy Linux Today  Mon, 07/21/2008 - 13:00

OSTatic: "One thing about the Free Software Foundation: there's seldom any doubt where they stand. Take the blog entry they recently posted: "5 reasons to avoid iPhone 3G." You can't come away from it thinking that there are pros and cons to the iPhone.

Rather, if you agree with them, you shouldn't even consider putting an iPhone in your pocket. But how well do their arguments stack up?"


 

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