On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Joshua Thorp <[email protected]> wrote:
> Don't you think Apple has been rewarded for all of these things? What more > do they need? > Having worked for Sun which went from riches to rags, and having listened to Geoff West's discussion on corporate lifetimes (TED), I think things are precarious even for the apparent winners. But, yes, I think Apple has been rewarded. And Google certainly did a Good Thing in finally getting carriers and manufacturers to use a common platform. I am disappointed in Android: I hoped for (and Google promised) a really open, standard system. They caved in to the carriers and manufacturers who all wanted to piss on it to make it their own. And I still need to jailbreak it, and possibly unlock it, to simply put the standard Android UI on it. And mfgrs over-power the device for great specs and performance, and then buyers have to get a hack to under-clock it to get back to reasonable battery life. Damn! There are no nice guys. -- Owen
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