On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Stefan Monnier <[email protected]>wrote:
> > At the same time Apple is able to create these markets. I'd say most > iPhone > > owners first smartphone was an iPhone and the tablet market was never > able > > to take off. History has already shown us that being first to take off > > doesn't mean that in the end you'll have the majority of the market. I > think > > increased exposure to new computing paradigms is a good thing. Average > users > > don't care about approval processes, they do care when their mate has a > > killer app that they can't get due to the platform they are on. > > Could be that the iPad will represent a completely new market segment, > kind of like the netbook did. But I suspect that it could eat up > a chunk of the netbook segment instead. > Much like the netbook, if the iPad is successful then it will probably be a combination of the two. But it's still progress, and nothing changes in terms of my general point. Furthermore Linux has been and will continue to be far more successful in specialized markets where Windows is not entrenched. In which case any shift towards more specialized devices can be a win for Linux. > > >> I wouldn't count on Android: it's open source and couldn't care less > >> about users's freedom (at least most/all Android phones seem to follow > >> similar locking ideas as the iPhone's, so in the end you end up just as > >> free as if it were an iPhone). > > > I'm biased, but all the same no such locking exists. You can install > > an app from anywhere on the Android platform, even create your own > > market. If you see any locking it's at the carrier level. > > Yes, Android is not quite identical to iPhone, but still: there are > DRM problems at many levels (the ability for Google to remove any App > at its convenience, for example, and the fact that most Android phones > have a "firmware" that's close to impossible to replace with a home-built > one). > That's what I meant by "similar locking ideas". > I may be mistaken but I believe the ability to remove apps remotely is specific to apps installed via the market. Furthermore there is no one stopping phone makers from using their own build of Android free of remote app removal. The firmware does not have anything to do with Android, only the phone makers. Google/Android doesn't control the phone makers, and a phone maker is free to make the device as hackable as they like. > > > Stefan > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca >
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