[LINK] silly/funny iTunes article

[Jan Whitaker]

Great writing:
"Apple's "post-PC" machines still needed a PC to 
work and, specifically, they needed a big, honking piece of bloated software. "
Or this:

One morning the crew hears a strange clanging 
from iTunes' starboard side. Scouts report that 
an ancient piston – something added for 
compatibility with the U2 iPod and refashioned 
dozens of times – has been damaged while 
craftsmen removed the last remnants of a feature 
named Ping whose purpose has been lost to history.

The old engineer dons his grease-covered overalls 
and goes to check it out. Anxious minutes pass. 
Then the crew is shaken by a huge blast. A minute 
later, they hear a lone, muffled wail. They send 
a doctor but it's too late. The engineer has been 
battered by shrapnel from the iOS app management 
system, which is always on the fritz. His last 
words haunt the team forever: she can't take much 
more of this. Too. Many. Features.


http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/mp3s/itunes-time-has-run-out-20121203-2aqh9.html

Worth a read. I would call it the 'Swiss army knife' of software.


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