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It really doesn't matter whether these stories are true or not. The fact that they could conceivably be true is indicative of a major problem. After years of
by uuilly 18y ago
It really doesn't matter whether these stories are true or not. The fact that they could conceivably be true is indicative of a major problem. After years of building software around Microsoft's tedious business plans, we developers are excited b/c the "good guy" is on the cusp of winning the next big war. But Apple is blowing it badly. Developers flocked to them like refugees b/c they were allowed to use the tools they wanted and their users had a platform that worked. Now Apple is playing home court advantage much more heavy handedly than Microsoft ever dreamed. The iPhone is years ahead of the competition. Steve does not need to behave like Vladamir Putin to win. Balmer had it right about one thing even if he never stayed true to it: "Developers, developers, developers!!!"
Reminds me of the Fight Club quote:
"We cook your meals. We haul your trash. We connect your calls. We drive your ambulances. We guard you while you sleep. Do not fuck with us."
- axod 18y agoIf you think the app store is the next big war you're totally missing the massive ship sailing past.
- uuilly 18y agoI think mobile is the next big war. And the app-store is the AOL of mobile.
- axod 18y agoDo you think people will spend more time using apps in the iphone store, or webapps in the browser? I'd bet on the latter personally. People have been saying Mobile is the next war for the last 10 years.
- unalone 18y agoI'm going to have to disagree with you. What was the number Steve gave last week? 100,000,000 downloads? Apps are faster, they feel better, they can take advantage of the tilt properties and of multitouch. Did you not see the new ads? The new focus is all about gaming. You can't do games on the web with the same level of quality.
- axod 18y agoYou can access multitouch, and some tilt stuff from javascript. I guess it depends on connectivity in your area of the world. As a user, I'd rather keep applications sandboxed in a nice browser with nothing downloaded.
- unalone 18y agoI'm in New Jersey, and there's very little Wi-Fi. That's the other thing, actually: I speak from an iPod touch perspective, where you can't use a cellular network. That's something else to keep in mind.
- axod 18y agoAh, very true. I can see the point of apps on the touch more than for the iPhone.
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