This whole Xcode/$5 topic (which seems to be getting unnatural air time on HN) reminds me of an old joke:
A mom is at the beach with her child. Child gets swept away by a wave.
She says "God, if you just bring him back, I'll [insert long set of promises]!!!"
The next wave tosses the kid back on the shore, unharmed.
She looks up and says "he had a hat!"
How easy our lives have become that we can spend all this ink griping about $5, or a 15GB download that has to be done twice a year over our very fast broadband connections.
A mom is at the beach with her child. Child gets swept away by a wave.
She says "God, if you just bring him back, I'll [insert long set of promises]!!!"
The next wave tosses the kid back on the shore, unharmed.
She looks up and says "he had a hat!"
How easy our lives have become that we can spend all this ink griping about $5, or a 15GB download that has to be done twice a year over our very fast broadband connections.