On 2/17/10 18:14 , Casper Bang wrote:
Apple does not the chance to enjoy such
market dominance (except ipod but that is just an appliance)
It's funny how everyone keeps invoking the device/appliance argument,
as if somehow that turns a computer into a toaster. Apple are well
under way of achieving dominance and I guess we're just some who see
grave dangers in that prospect and who aren't ready to take the blue
pill.
I substantially agree with all the post, but I specifically wanted to
stress this point. "It's (only) an appliance" makes things worse. First,
"appliance" might be just a marketing term, but the key point is that
they are equipment used to communicate, so they are definitely not a
toaster. And, being "appliances", they are much more pervasive than
computers. In other words, at the old time of Microsoft evilness, we
were talking about computers, and they were spread with a small fragment
of the population; tv, radio and newspapers were the classical ones and
the major communication channel. Now, these "appliances" will go in the
hands of most of the population and the channel convergence will make
them more and more relevant as most of the communication will flow
through them.
What about if the next Apple product was an iTV, extremely cool and
powerful, and Apple decided which channels you can receive?
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