Apple
and
Microsoft
are closed.
Google
is open. There is, I think, a case for both. The debate now rages over which is better and what will work. I think they both will. Apple and Google will win this war unless Microsoft can move out of the 1960's.
Google wins for functional tools and "gets" the Cloud concept much better than Apple does. Or at least sees it differently.
Chrome
as a browser just has more
Cloud
features and is a workhorse now for the heavy Webcentric user.
Apple has everything locked down. Even
iAd
will be locked down in how it enables ads to work. I think there is a place for Apple though. Here's why;
- It Works:
Consumers want something that works. That they don't have to fiddle with. App...
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Sure they're nice. Sweet technology, doing cool things. They figured out the eye-strain issue with
Kindle
and that will be reflected in the
iPad
. The pundits are decrying the end of book publishing as we know it. They holler "stop and shutter ye olde printing press." They missed something. Something very important.
The book is an "experience good" I'm not talking good as in nice, I'm talking "good" as in a product.
We "experience" books. They can be part of a meme, a collection of experiences such as tastes, smells, places where they are read and enjoyed.
What the iPad and Kindle will never ever be able to do:
- Never run out of battery power
- Be readable anywhere, anytime (provided sufficient moon...
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I'm not a fan of patents, let's just lay that out there. Essentially you create an idea, make the patent filing, then it is approved and made public. Someone copies it and makes a few tweaks and you just gave away your secret sauce. Then you end up in a money wasting circus of defence and suing. Like Apple is with the iPhone in
suing
HTC
and perhaps a warning shot over Google's bow over
Android
.
All of which is the result of lawyers gleefully rubbing their hands, shareholders groaning or holding their collective breath. I've seen patents used as a business weapon as well, successfully. A company I worked for sued it's primary competitors and in one case beat a giant into closing a division and in...
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