Off-hand this seems like a rather cruel and unusual punishment. Are there any previous examples of this sort of order?
> Cruel and unusual punishment is a phrase describing punishment which is considered unacceptable due to the suffering, pain, or humiliation it inflicts on the condemned person
You don't really think that an HTML page inflicts any kind of suffering or pain on someone, do you? First, I don't even think this is 'punishment': it appears to be more focused on clarifying the issue to the public and ensuring Apple doesn't try to twist the story. Secondly, there's absolutely no way it's cruel. It may be unusual, though, and I'm curious about that too.
I do feel that forcing Apple to link to a competitor, and advertise for them, is a form of punishment though.
You're sorry he took offence? That's a pretty passive-aggressive apology isn't it?
You used the phrase wrong. He corrected you. I don't think you're allowed to claim any high ground here.
> I do feel that forcing Apple to link to a competitor, and advertise for them, is a form of punishment though.
That's supposed to be the whole point, I think.
wow, really? that phrase is used all the time in a lax, colloquial manner, he didn't 'use it wrong' at all.
why is everyone jumping to wikipedia over this? nothing better to do today?
You don't mention this, but I didn't to edit my original post, as i'm not a big fan of editing post content - but rather adding as part of the conversation.
Fantastic, I'm a huge fan of the non-apology apology. Hearing or reading one always makes me smile.