> Apple hardware is "open" as far as they don't try to prevent other operating systems to be installed.
1. This is not true for "Apple hardware" as a rule.
2. Removing support for third-party OSes would be a shocking product regression for the Macbook.
3. If Apple's definition of "Open" excludes any transparent documentation or explanation, then they have provided precisely nothing.
You contradict yourself by praising Apple for keeping standard features while deriding Lenovo for doing the same thing. All of this ignores the Linux certification Lenovo offers on their products, their Linux support contracts and even the freely-provided firmware updates through fwupd (something Apple will never provide). Regardless of whether you characterize "open"-ness as non-hostility or constructive support, Lenovo is still the more open company by a country mile. And Lenovo doesn't even do that much to-boot.
>You contradict yourself by praising Apple for keeping standard features while deriding Lenovo for doing the same thing.
Putting words in my mouth. I never praised Apple and I never derided Lenovo. I am simply stating the facts. I am trying to explain that both companies have the same approach. Neither of them are open source idealists. Lenovo is not more open than Apple. Apple is not more open than Lenovo. I am pointing out the double standards and hypocrisy in this thread. I have owned many Lenovo and Apple products and I'm not a fanboy of any company.
> 1. This is not true for "Apple hardware" as a rule.
It is true for their laptops and desktops. iPhone/iPad are not relevant to this discussion.
Lenovo is doing what Apple doesn't, and publishing their contributions as GPL code. In this particular arena, they are provably more open in the sense that they make official Linux contributions and Apple does not.
I too have owned hardware from either company, and have plenty to complain about for both. One thing I cannot deride is the quality of first-party Linux support for my Lenovo hardware. It's not perfect and they're an ill-fit successor to IBM, but they make marked FOSS contributions that other companies would refuse. Because these changes are made freely available with an Open license, I think it's fully fair to say that Lenovo is shipping more Open systems than Apple is. Like I said in my other post, they don't even have to do much to cement themselves in that position either, just offer a few of their own patches.
> It is true for the current hardware. [sic]
> It is true for their laptops and desktops. iPhone/iPad are not relevant to this discussion.
Ah, there's the caveat. We can agree to disagree, frankly I'm more interested to see where the legislation takes this.
1. This is not true for "Apple hardware" as a rule.
2. Removing support for third-party OSes would be a shocking product regression for the Macbook.
3. If Apple's definition of "Open" excludes any transparent documentation or explanation, then they have provided precisely nothing.
You contradict yourself by praising Apple for keeping standard features while deriding Lenovo for doing the same thing. All of this ignores the Linux certification Lenovo offers on their products, their Linux support contracts and even the freely-provided firmware updates through fwupd (something Apple will never provide). Regardless of whether you characterize "open"-ness as non-hostility or constructive support, Lenovo is still the more open company by a country mile. And Lenovo doesn't even do that much to-boot.