You are posting to this forum. You are not in the 90% of "those people". In fact, you are probably not even in the 90% of the 10% that are left over ;)
We are none of us normal. I am cool with it, but an very curious as to how the ipad looks/works and how the 90% of people view it. On Feb 5, 12:47 pm, Wildam Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
