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Originally Posted by leebase
Microsoft never wrote in it's EULA "you can't use Microsoft Access to enhance the desirability of the Mac OS X operating system", but then it didn't HAVE to. It only works on Windows.
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That comparison doesn't work out. You can still create a database in Access and export the tables in a format that is unencumbered by licensing or patents. Likewise, you can use SQL Server to access the data from competing vendor products.
But I get the gist of what you're saying: Microsoft uses proprietary formats to lock customers in. Granted, many of the people who oppose Apple's licensing tactics also oppose Microsoft's lust for proprietary file formats.
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Adobe did it's best to ensure that the only way you can create Flash applications was with Adobe's tools.
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Thank-you for proving why Apple's actions are so evil. People have been rallying against Flash for well over a decade now, and haven't been able to get rid of it because so many websites depend upon it.
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Apple's EULA is clearly something that argues against using their product. Time will tell if the power and ease of creating richly interactive textbooks via the iBooks Author will turn out to be more compelling than the exclusivity of it's purpose. (...) I think lots of authors will conclude that being exclusively Apple at this point isn't much to loose.
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Which is EXACTLY how we got stuck with Flash.
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Just like AMAZON is working hard to have exclusive content created for the kindle platform...incentivizing authors to be "kindle exclusive".
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A lot of people aren't fond of Amazon's monopolistic tendencies either.
I really don't understand why you are trying to justify the actions of Apple by using equally wrong-headed actions from other companies because two wrongs rarely make a right.