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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Adobe set to sue Apple?
Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols: “Apples iron-bound determination to keep Adobe Flash out of any iWhatever device is about to blow up in Apples face. Sources close to Adobe tell me that Adobe will be suing Apple within a few weeks.” If … Continue reading
Sometimes, closed is better than open
Daily Kos: State of the Nation: “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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Apple’s quest for massive market share
John Gruber has an excellent post up on Apple’s apparent-restriction of cross-platform development tools on the iPhone. I largely agree with him – from Apple’s perspective this makes perfect sense, although it puts a massive spanner in the works for … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Daring Fireball, development, iPhone, iPod, John Gruber
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Dave Winer rewrites the history of the PC
From Dave Winer’s iPad review: “IBM didn’t try to turn the world upside-down with the PC in 1981, however, in 1984, they did, with the PC jr, and failed.” This is actually almost the inverse of the truth. Don Estridge, … Continue reading
The benefit of hindsight
I’ve been reading Steven Levy’s excellent The Perfect Thing recently. If you haven’t looked at it, and you’re interested in Apple, it’s well-worth a read – it’s the story of the iPod, and the thoughts that went into it. It … Continue reading
Create things people want to own
Sometimes, I start writing a blog post only to find that someone else has said what I was about to say, only with more brevity and style. In this case, it’s Joe Clark, talking about the open source community’s “sky … Continue reading
Cory is wrong, Nick is right
Nick Sweeney is (1) one of the cleverest and most astute people I know and (2) doesn’t post anywhere near often enough. Fact Number Two is probably connected to Fact Number One. In the comments to his post on the … Continue reading
