OT: Steve Jobs' Walled Garden is Crumbling

[Michael Haney]

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 6:31 AM, David Sanders <dsuzukisanders at gmail.com> wrote:
> If you don't value software freedom then why in hell are you on a
> Linux mailing list? Are you just a freeloader? I don't care if their
> UI is shiny, I won't buy a single product from Jobs & Co until they
> stop bullying developers and partners.
>
> As for "all Apple products" being awesome - I give you the iPad - a
> big chunk of utterly pointless electronics. Jack of all trades, master
> of none. Oh, plus Mac Cube, the entire last year of the PowerPC-based
> Mac line, iLife.  However the biggest problem with Apple is their
> attitude - and I think we all know where that comes from.
>

Steve Jobs has an ego the size of VY Canis Majoris.  Google it. ;-)

I watched the original presentation of the iPad.  I was so
disappointed in what I saw.  I knew this wasn't going to go well at
all, and the crowd didn't seem that all that enthused either.  Unlike
past Apple presentation the electricity, the buzz, just wasn't there
this time.  People knew, they just knew, it was going to be a disaster
if the iPad was subjected to the same strict Gestapo-esque controls as
the iPhone.  They were right.

There is hope.  HP has shelved the Windows 7 Slate in favor of a Slate
that runs the Linux based webOS they acquired from Palm.  With their
clout they can get developers to make apps for it, and if they learned
the lessons that Apple seems to ignore they won't impose unreasonable
restrictions on developers.

Also, Verizon's CEO has confirmed that they are working with Google to
make a Google tablet.  Possibly running Android, though I'd be
surprised if it ran Chrome OS.  Likely it'll be Android, since its
momentum has allowed it to surpass the iPhone in sales recently.

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