This is an important article. It isn't about what it is on the surface, though, which is Apple and Google fighting over the <video> tag. It is really about stra

This is an important article. It isn't about what it is on the surface, though, which is Apple and Google fighting over the <video> tag. It is really about strategic and tactical decisions and where technology infrastructure belongs in those decisions. As a technologist I often get caught up in those decisions, thinking a lot about the infrastructure involved. What Horace is saying is that those decisions are not as critical to winning the big fights, not as important as partners, marketing and distribution are. This is an old story, right? We usually hear it something like "the best products don't always win." He is putting a slightly different spin on it. Horace writes some great stuff and knows the mobile market inside and out. Well worth following if you are in the space.