How is me choosing some non apple-Os X-Touch device going to affect the impulse, or lack thereof, to tinker in some 10 year old proto- programmer?
I'm guessing you don't understand the point of this thread at all. You should do well to read before commenting. On Feb 18, 1:22 am, Oscar Hsieh <[email protected]> wrote: > Look people, the point is that you have choice. If you don't like > iPod, there are other decent PMPs out there. If you don't like > iPhone, just get a blackberry or android phone. If you don't like > ipad, pick one of those ipad wannabe win7 tablets available today. > It's not like ms office that only until recently you have no choice > but to use it if you want to share documents with the rest of the > word. Itune might be proprietory, but there are other music download > service out there. > > On Feb 17, 2010, at 12:35 PM, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > 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? > > > -- > > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/people > > [email protected] > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en > > . -- 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.
