One more thing. This isn't about OS wars. At least not from the perspective I believe you may be talking about.
While I certainly don't agree with Steve on many issues, and one may infer he may be Satan, he's a much smarter Satan than anyone else-- by far. Just look at how weak the competition is in consumer computing. Couple of years ago Microsoft acquired Danger and the Sidekick platform. They work embellishing it for two years, then admist moderate hoopla, they release the new KIM- a social network phone. It sells-- what-- 500 units it's first month? Can anyone seriously even think Apple could eFF that up as bad? Heck, Apple can rebrand a steaming pile of you know what and sell more than 500 units in a month. No, as long a Balmer's at the helm, MS will NEVER be able to compete in the consumer arena outside of Windows and Office. Period. Peter will be angry because soon it will be called the "Balmer principle." And Google is like your idiot uncle who just happened to strike oil while planting a Mary Jane garden out back. Uncle Google is so very rich and throws money at anything and everything (except when it comes to paying taxes. < http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-21/google-2-4-rate-shows-how-60-billion-u-s-revenue-lost-to-tax-loopholes.html >). Google's not interested in charging consumers for anything, because if it's free, they don't have to support it. They've changed Google DOCS, actually REMOVING features so it's no longer compatible with earlier vesions without so much as a single focus group. And speaking of Google Docs, you still can't edit them on an Android, which has been out for THREE YEARS. I guess working on web apps does take longer. And the Android platform is another 'stellar' product "not yet ready for tablets" by their own admission. I guess Apple snuck up on Google with the iPad. Maybe Google should get their own RSS feed of Engadget, or Gizmodo. The thought of a Google store scares Shcmidt probably about as much as the tax man does right about now. They haven't had a significant upgrade to Gmail, or SketchUp or any of their products in so long (other than the downgrade on GDocs), it's scary. Nope, Google is a bunch of rich kids playing with toys, trying to invent crap *like Wave* and hoping it catches on so they can sell more ads. HP and others are starting to finally understand, Google won't help them compete against the careful and well thought strategies from Stevie and Apple. Steve's presentation last week was a marvel to behold. Each time he reveals only a bit more of the master plan to control the universe, which is looking more and more like it can't fail. Especially with the willing fans Apple has. The single flaw in the strategy is Steve's own mortality. Furthermore, does anyone really see a threat of a MS AppStore or a Google AppStore? Heck no-- because we all KNOW neither could ever pull it off. But Apple-- that's different. On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 4:46 AM, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ah, been extremely busy of late and have a brief moment to visit the List > to > discover nothing has changed, the old OS wars continues lightly disguised > as > Steve is Satan discussion. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution