On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 23:43, Joshua Marinacci <[email protected]> wrote: > The iPad doesn't represent something that augments your laptop. For 90% of > people, this will *replace* their laptop.
I knew it all the time somewhere deep inside my brain - I am different from 90% of the people... > The problem? So let me ask you this: What if Microsoft in 2000 had decided > that WindowsXP would only be available on a Microsoft PC, and the only apps, > videos, and ebooks you could install on it would be sold by a Microsoft > online store, and developers could only write apps in Visual Studio with > .NET, and certain APIs and features would be reserved only for Microsoft's > own apps, and certain kinds of apps will not be allowed at all. Would we > have accepted this? Certainly not. Yet Apple is doing the same thing, and > the world will love them for it. Because a simplified computing experience is > what 90% of people really want. Vendor lockin always produces serious headache to companies using the technology. Companies know, private people often don't recognize. Maybe 80% (from the 90%) of people finding an iPhone cool and buy it, do not think further than to next corner. > The answer, however, is not to bitch on mailing lists and blogs. Most people > don't care about the 'openness' of their devices. > It provides no tangible benefit to they, so we shouldn't expect them to care. Maybe because most of them already have a Mac. ;-) - No, seriously the benefit of openness is not a short-term thing. Openness has to do with compatibility in a mixed environment (and environments will get more mixed over the next year than they are already) and it has to do with long-term safety of the investment. - That is, what companies think of before doing bigger investments, but not most people buying a new gadget for christmas. > They simply want to get stuff done with a minimum of fuss. And be snappy. Snappy yes, without fuss - mmmhhh - I would never exchange my Nokia E-71 with the iPhone of my wife. - Just remembering the hangups that forces my wife to wait until the battery is empty... > There's only one thing that will make a difference: create a alternative that > is more open but still provides a good experience; > starting with a viable competitor to the iPhone. Agree > And that's exactly what I've decided to do: > http://www.joshondesign.com/2010/02/03/leaving-sun-joining-palm/ Good luck and thank you for your work on Swing - I love and still use it - together with the NetBeans Matisse. Different from others I think that Swing is still a very good option when creating a GUI. Best wishes, Martin. -- Martin Wildam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
