Best piece I’ve read on the whole thing, by a long shot. Must-read.
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[From Louis Gerbarg on Apple, Adobe, Game Interpreters, and Section 3.3.1
This topic has attracted a lot of interesting commentary.
April 12, 2010
Louis Gerbarg on Apple, Adobe, Game Interpreters, and Section 3.3.1
My iPad as a tool
Tech geeks love numbers. When discussing computers, they speak of gigabits and gigahertz, of RAM and ports. The more tech adept among them will even swap out the internals or write their own code. They are tinkerers extraordinaire, and are just as happy customizing their rigs as they are in using their machines for their intended purposes, be it work or pleasure.
Then there’s everyone else.
I became a Mac user because I got tired of cracking my machine open to deal with hardware, and I got tired of fighting my software to get any work done. My work needs are simple: a browser, a word processor, and sporadic use of office productivity software (covered by Microsoft Office and Apple iWorks). With Google Docs, I use less and less of my desktop apps. I love cloud-based computing.
I was a PC gamer, but the current generation of dedicated gaming consoles took care of that. My Xbox, despite being made by Microsoft, is stable, fast, and runs my games perfectly. How could a company that gave us Windows build such a great gaming platform?
Because it was a closed system.
[From My iPad as a tool]
Remind me how long this has been the year of Linux on the desktop 🙂
The best summary of the Apple/Adobe war
Want a a simple, single-paragraph on what the Apple/Adobe iPhone spat is all about? Jean Louis Gassee supplies it: “Who, in his right mind, expects Steve Jobs to let Adobe and other cross-platform application development tools control his I mean the iPhone OS future? Cross-platform tools dangle the old “write once, run everywhere” promise. But, by being cross-platform, they don’t use, they erase “uncommon” features. To Apple, this is anathema as it wants apps developers to use, to promote its differentiation. It’s that simple. Losing differentiation is death by low margins. It’s that simple. It’s business. Apple is right to keep control of its platform’s future.” I think it really is that simple.
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Microsoft wants Flash dead too, but they are more constrained in what they can say and do about it than Apple.
Energy saving light bulbs can effect television sets
Energy saving light bulbs can interfere with televisions causing them to randomly change channel and switch on and off, a leading manufacturer has admitted. [From Energy saving light bulbs can effect television sets]
I observed this myself fifteen years ago or so.