Good luck on your new gig. I'm really surprised to see you hopping into the Palm platform, but then I realized with you, it's not about the technology, it's about the experience, and the ability to create attractive, useful things.
Had to follow up on this point for the sake of the ongoing discussion: On Feb 4, 5:43 pm, Joshua Marinacci <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. Well, let me ask you this: What if Nintendo in 2006 had decided that Wii would only be available in one form factor, and the only apps, and videos you could install on it would be sold by Nintendo licensees (at retail or via an online stoer), and developers could only write apps in C and C++, and certain APIs and features would be reserved only for Nintendo's own apps, and certain kinds of apps will not be allowed at all. Would we have accepted this? About 70 million people have. Feel free to replace with any other game console of the last 20 years. Or TiVo. Or the Kindle / Nook / Reader. Or perhaps any major consumer electronics platform. --Chris -- 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.
