Comments on: Daniel Koster Just Kicked My Ass, And With Good Reason http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/05/daniel-koster-just-kicked-my-ass-and-with-good-reason.html chris rue's headquarters for truth, justice & it pros Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:46:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Chris Knight http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/05/daniel-koster-just-kicked-my-ass-and-with-good-reason.html#comment-16386 Chris Knight Fri, 23 May 2008 13:33:27 +0000 http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/05/daniel-koster-just-kicked-my-ass-and-with-good-reason.html#comment-16386 @vlad the cooked ROMS are illegal - they violate the redistribution clauses. Besides, if they were legal MS wouldn't be issuing take-down notices to those sites hosting them. At best its a legally grey area, but who's going to argue with a take-down notice from MS? @chris I hear you on the pirate ROMS. I basically did something similar a few months ago. I removed my cooked ROM and ditched my rebranded HTC (imate JasJam) in favour of a Nokia N95. All the teeth-grinding moments I had with the official ROMs disappeared. The cats were happy to come near me again. I honestly think the only reason the cooked ROMs have traction is the poor job MS have done and the even worse job the carriers have done, with MS letting the carriers treat their customers with complete disdain. Although I do see Nokia heading down the road MS have already taken... @vlad the cooked ROMS are illegal - they violate the redistribution clauses. Besides, if they were legal MS wouldn’t be issuing take-down notices to those sites hosting them. At best its a legally grey area, but who’s going to argue with a take-down notice from MS?

@chris I hear you on the pirate ROMS. I basically did something similar a few months ago. I removed my cooked ROM and ditched my rebranded HTC (imate JasJam) in favour of a Nokia N95. All the teeth-grinding moments I had with the official ROMs disappeared. The cats were happy to come near me again.
I honestly think the only reason the cooked ROMs have traction is the poor job MS have done and the even worse job the carriers have done, with MS letting the carriers treat their customers with complete disdain. Although I do see Nokia heading down the road MS have already taken…

]]> By: Vlad Mazek http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/05/daniel-koster-just-kicked-my-ass-and-with-good-reason.html#comment-16116 Vlad Mazek Sun, 18 May 2008 01:07:40 +0000 http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/05/daniel-koster-just-kicked-my-ass-and-with-good-reason.html#comment-16116 Why is it that whenever people can't understand technology they try to hang on to semantics, argue the dictionary words and implementation? This is dead simpe - most cooked ROMs, even most ROM tweaks are not illegal. They however are experimental, they are not supported by either Microsoft or the device carrier, so loading one up could brick (destroy) your device and you'd be SOL. There is no analogy there, "If you have to ask it means you are incapable of doing research ergo likely a danger when exposed to more technical merits of Windows Mobile ROM, boot loader, flashing, debugging and troubleshooting are way beyond your pay scale." Now I'm sure that is not something to be delivered from the conference podium if you want a high review, but you shouldn't have to apologize for what is a very common and legal practice. Not everyone is just trying to upgrade their 3 year old PocketPC to WM6.1, there is a lot more to this development scene that meets the eye and you shouldn't have to apologize just because some people single themselves out as unqualified because of the questions they ask. -Vlad Why is it that whenever people can’t understand technology they try to hang on to semantics, argue the dictionary words and implementation?

This is dead simpe - most cooked ROMs, even most ROM tweaks are not illegal. They however are experimental, they are not supported by either Microsoft or the device carrier, so loading one up could brick (destroy) your device and you’d be SOL.

There is no analogy there, “If you have to ask it means you are incapable of doing research ergo likely a danger when exposed to more technical merits of Windows Mobile ROM, boot loader, flashing, debugging and troubleshooting are way beyond your pay scale.”

Now I’m sure that is not something to be delivered from the conference podium if you want a high review, but you shouldn’t have to apologize for what is a very common and legal practice. Not everyone is just trying to upgrade their 3 year old PocketPC to WM6.1, there is a lot more to this development scene that meets the eye and you shouldn’t have to apologize just because some people single themselves out as unqualified because of the questions they ask.

-Vlad

]]> By: Daniel Koster http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/05/daniel-koster-just-kicked-my-ass-and-with-good-reason.html#comment-16106 Daniel Koster Sat, 17 May 2008 17:56:40 +0000 http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/05/daniel-koster-just-kicked-my-ass-and-with-good-reason.html#comment-16106 I'm not sure if I'm supposed to say "Thanks", or "You're Welcome" or "Can I get you some ice?". I'm glad you saw my point and took it well, sorry I had to use the ax handle, I was only reaching for a soft leather switch. I’m not sure if I’m supposed to say “Thanks”, or “You’re Welcome” or “Can I get you some ice?”.

I’m glad you saw my point and took it well, sorry I had to use the ax handle, I was only reaching for a soft leather switch.

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