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by bonch 15y ago
Ignoring the disputable claims that it's unpopular or has a slow learning curve (you can describe Objective-C's additions to C in a single page), there's no evidence to claim that Objective-C is about customer lock-in, especially when you c
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by bonch 15y ago
How did you reach that conclusion? There are plenty of alternatives, from C++ to Ruby to Mono.
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by bonch 15y ago
> I find it surprising that there are so many people bashing Objective-C here in the comments. I have been programming in Objective-C for living since the iPhone SDK came public and I came to love both the language and the libraries. Br
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by bonch 15y ago
Every item on your list is you projecting your personal opinions onto everyone else. Just because you and your Quicksilver-using buddies don't use Spotlight, Dashboard, or Safari RSS doesn't mean other people don't. The features Apple adds
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by bonch 15y ago
Which implies that most consumers don't consider them to be dick moves.
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by bonch 16y ago
If Google is going to exploit "open source" as a marketing term and claim at Google IO that it's trying to prevent a "draconian future," it shouldn't be withholding its source code from non-privileged partners and making licensees sign non-
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by bonch 16y ago
The implication of Option B is that Rails isn't robust. A lot of people are going to avoid Rails because of that.
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by bonch 16y ago
I was very interested in it for a couple of weeks, but then I stopped playing much. Once in a while, I get in a mood to add onto my subterranean underworld and fire it up again. Still need to finish my underground biodome and Nether castle.
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by bonch 16y ago
Yes, it is, which is why console gaming surpassed PC gaming in developer support years ago, not to mention sales.
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by bonch 16y ago
If you think problems with PCs is an exception to the rule, you're living in a dream world. The point is that, on a tablet, your parents wouldn't have had to go through the hassle of installing slow antivirus software or "manage to install"
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by bonch 16y ago
If there's no reason PCs can't remove that crap, why haven't they?
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by bonch 16y ago
If you think you don't need to know how to update drivers or maintain antivirus software on a typical PC, then your experience isn't typical of the majority of users or the poor sobs who do technical support for them. On a tablet, there is
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by bonch 16y ago
I didn't imply at all that it was the touchscreen that makes tablets easier. I thought by the examples I gave that it was clear I was talking about the simplified paradigm of a typical tablet--a centralized store to purchase, install, and u
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by bonch 16y ago
Locked by the SO Gestapo.
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by bonch 16y ago
So your dad knows how to use Outlook, iTunes, and Facebook. Can he install applications? Update drivers? Install Windows security updates as they come out and keep his anti-virus up to date? Tablets remove all that stupid maintenance crap,
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by bonch 16y ago
Yes, but Kevin Rose. I hope now you understand.
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by bonch 16y ago
"Such Design competitions are a disguised form of crowdsourcing, and are extremely insulting to the design profession." Oh, come off it. Too many designers become smug asses with an unwarranted sense of importance. Competitions like this ar
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by bonch 16y ago
If "open" is now a marketing term to be defined individually by each entity that's exploiting it, than Google and their supporters should stop using it, because it's ultimately meaningless. The spirit of open source is supposed to be that y
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by bonch 16y ago
You can attack Gruber's position as an Apple advocate if you want, but that doesn't really address his points about Google. The thing I've taken away from this is that Android advocates are now defining openness in terms of degrees. It's no
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by bonch 16y ago
Google exploited the buzz of open source philosophy, so it's fascinating seeing the open source community's reaction to their stricter control over Android. Personally, I always saw the trumpeting of "openness" as an unrealistic marketing p
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by bonch 16y ago
No, you can't have it all, but that's the point. Google rode the "openness" train to gain philosophical support for Android from the open source community, even though critics pointed out that Apple's strict control has a reason. Now that G
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by bonch 16y ago
> Android is still much more open than Apple. Instead of being an open platform, we're apparently devolving into specifying particular degrees of openness. If you want to play that game, the Darwin operating system that provides the fou
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by bonch 16y ago
"To me it appears that you have a double standard. You want to criticize Google for attempting to exert the same control that Apple is rightfully lauded for." Since when is Apple lauded for that around here? Apple is usually bashed for its
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by bonch 16y ago
The anger is explained in the introduction to that article. Google presented Android as an open gift to the world in a fight against strictly controlled platforms, yet Google is now withholding source code and requiring final approval over
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by bonch 16y ago
But what about "openness?" I thought Android was supposed to be the answer to Apple's tight control?
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by bonch 16y ago
Why do sites like TechCrunch use "cloud" in place of "internet?" Is it another buzzword to make old things seem new in order to make money?
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by bonch 16y ago
Linus is a patch shepherd. It's his job to see the bigger picture.
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by bonch 16y ago
The new definition of open: "mkdir android ; cd android ; sleep 15778458; repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git ; repo sync ; make"
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by bonch 16y ago
The most amusing part of your post, other than the strange grammar, is your implication that Google is some target of bias. Google gets more glowing press coverage and free passes than any other technology company. Imagine the red-hot nerd
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by bonch 16y ago
Perhaps it's because Android is touted by Google fans as an open platform, yet the source is withheld and only given to Google's special partners until an official release.

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