On 9/4/2012 12:14 PM, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote:
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Casper Bang <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Eventually Apple will bury themselves by burning too many bridges
- I.e. imagine if Samsung cuts off their supply of NAND chips, SSD
drives, IPS panels etc.?!
Agreed. I think their expansion strategy is unsustainable and they are
on the wrong side of history. If you think about it, not much has
changed, they are doing exactly what they attempted to do 20-30 years
ago: offer a completely closed and 100% Apple controlled ecosystem.
The attempt failed pretty quickly back then because of the rise of
Microsoft and of custom and cheap PC's.
They are being more successful this time around because they have a
few great and very successful products that netted them a large amount
of cash, so the main difference is that they can try this failed
strategy for longer, but in the end, it will fail again. The cash and
the court victories against Samsung are just minor battles that won't
change the outcome of this war in the long run.
I was a /huge /Apple fan 20 years ago. Their GUI was /far/ more usable
than Windows (it wasn't just a matter of who has the most eye candy like
it is now) or anything else out there. They had well documented APIs
that anyone could use to write and market software on their devices.
Their hardware may have been single-sourced, but I never really had an
issue with that as long as there was a compelling reason to buy it. The
/software/ market was open to all in contrast to what they're trying to
pull these days.
Now I can't see buying into any Apple products, with the possible
exception of replacing my ancient iPod someday when it dies, though I'll
certainly look around for a good alternative first.
--
Jess Holle
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