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by clark-kent 16y ago
Its not out of fear its just that Microsoft Docs with Facebook required Office installed when I tried it. MS Adcenter( https://adcenter.microsoft.com ) still requires requires Windows. Try adcenter from linux you get a non-supported pop-up.
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by clark-kent 16y ago
I think you need Word installed on your computer to use this. And it probably requires I.E.
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by clark-kent 16y ago
I agree Apple is falling way behind in software. iOS is good on a phone but its looking like a joke on the ipad. 4.0 is not good enough. Apple needs a serious software upgrade for the ipad.
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by clark-kent 16y ago
Before the iPhone, smartphones i used were not locked down. They were open like the desktop. You could download and install anything you want on them. But very often some app will drain your battery or crash your phone. Apple had to lock do
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by clark-kent 16y ago
Yes I remember handango.com was the popular appstore for my HP ipaq smartphone. Anyone could develop Windows Mobile or Java apps and sell it there.
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by clark-kent 16y ago
This is why I stay away from Google's App Engine. I don't get why Google keeps it closed source. At least with EC2 I'm only renting server hardware.
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by clark-kent 16y ago
Well Google is also competing with Apple's OS business. The bigger point is that Windows doesn't offer users any advantage over Linux or OS X anymore. Its not like the old days when Windows had the most applications and driver support.
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by clark-kent 16y ago
He would also have to make it open source with no strings attached then pray the community will adopt it.
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by clark-kent 16y ago
I'm not an Apple fan, I run Ubuntu on my macbook pro but as far as smartphones go the iPhone was truly innovative. Its closed nature is hurting it now, but it was innovative.
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by clark-kent 16y ago
As a developer I believe you have general computer skills. Try taking up a Tech support or sys admin gig. You wont be programming everyday but your developer skills will be very handy. This has worked for me, I did this till my side project