Yesterday, the New York times published a blog about the results of Palm’s complaint to the USB Implementers Forum:

Earlier this summer, Palm filed a complaint with the USB Implementers Forum, an industry group that oversees standards for USB connections, claiming that Apple was restraining trade by only allowing Apple devices to access iTunes, its popular media management software.

On Wednesday, the group replied to the letter, dismissing Palm’s assertion that Apple was in violation of its policies. It also said that Palm’s strategy of having its Pre phone masquerade as an iPod so it would work with iTunes was a violation of the group’s membership agreement.

The capstone to the article, however, just demonstrates how clueless some supposed “experts” can be.

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Frequently, when I’m reading through the comments page of something like, oh, this, I’ll run across someone who thinks that an uninformed opinion is something worth offering. On that page, I stumbled across this little gem of illogic:

I’ve never bothered with virtual desktops, never saw the point or felt the need, but I agree that Apple’s implementation is horribly broken. It sounds like more of a hindrance than a help.

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