On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 4:23 AM, Reinier Zwitserloot <reini...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Also, if you think someone who drops $2000 on a notebook is going to > be satisfied with iOS, you're delusional. If you think Apple is going > to drop their mac platform, which, if they spun it off as separate > company, would be somewhere in the 100-150 range of top 500 companies > all by itself... you're delusional.
110 according to the Apple Keynote. Macs are a $22 Billion revenue generator according to the keynote as well. > > If we're going to scream bloody murder about apple, let's keep the > focus on the sharecropping bullpuckey they are going to extend with > this new appstore. You know the drill: If apple doesn't like your app, > you can't sell it, and you have no recourse of any kind other than to > try and get the tech world riled up. That's a crappy model for > developers. That's worth whining about. Your recourse would be to sell mac apps directly rather than the app store, this is allowed on the Mac app store model. This is how I think the iPhone should work too. It's ridiculous that the app store is the only distribution method. > On Oct 28, 7:28 am, "kevin.hooke" <kevin.ho...@gmail.com> wrote: >> But Apple already has a big iPhone, it's the iPad. Maybe a big iPod >> Touch would be a more appropriate comparison. >> >> There's only so many snippets of information that Apple has discussed >> so of course we're all drawing conclusions from the little we know, >> presumably because we're all interested to see where this is heading >> because we are either Java developers, Apple users, or both. >> >> As someone in the 'both' category, I won't buy an iPhone because I >> can't develop and run Java apps on it - the clear choice for me for a >> phone platform right now is Android. Of course this isn't a typical >> reason for a 'normal' consumer who would buy a product for other >> reasons (price, features, ease of use) rather than the technology the >> product uses. That said, I love my MacBook Pro. >> >> The news that Apple will not continue to develop Java for the Mac is >> making me consider why I should continue to use a Mac in the future. >> The news that an App Store is coming to the Mac, the fact that it will >> only deliver native OS X apps presumably controlled by Apple in the >> same way as the iPhone App Store, that iOS features to be included in >> Mac OS X Lion and that Apple will not continue development of Java for >> the Mac is just sounding too much to me like 'Apple is going to turn >> the Mac into a big iPhone'. And who can say, maybe this is indeed >> Apple's long term plan. >> >> At the end of the day someone will develop and supply Java for the >> Mac, so in reality maybe we're all worrying about nothing :-) >> >> Here's a random (and possibly crazy) thought. Apple has done a better >> job than most other electronics companies of turning computer >> technology into consumer devices, and they continue to move in this >> direction pushing the iPad as a device for 'everyone' to consume >> media. When you think about it, it's incredibly ineffective that we >> continue to interact with computers via a QWERTY keyboard, which was >> originally designed to place infrequently combined keys adjacent to >> each other so the keys didn't get jammed on your typewriter. The iPad >> really is an amazing step to move away from this 'old' input approach. >> Ok, so it still has an onscreen keyboard, but it does away with a >> physical keyboard and for that matter the mouse too. Who's to say that >> Apple's long term strategy is to move away from general purpose >> computers, and move entirely in the direction of devices to consume >> content like the iPad? If this is true then the statement 'Apple is >> going to turn the Mac into a big iPhone' sums up this direction very >> appropriately :-) >> >> On Oct 22, 11:53 am, CKoerner <chessm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > I bet you main computer isn't even a Mac. I'm not wasting my time >> > discussing such a misguided view as "Apple is going to turn the Mac >> > into a big iphone". Enjoy your mat and your tinfoil had, I have better >> > things to do. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
