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by lincoln
4/13/10 4:01:11 PM
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New Re: 'Is Apple the new Microsoft?'
One view about this thought:


Would Steve Jobs ban iTunes from Windows?

Taking dead aim at Adobe, Steve Jobs has in essence banned developers from using rival programming tools to create iPhone and iPad applications. Given that logic, if he were head of Microsoft would he ban iTunes from Windows because it uses non-native Windows APIs?



column: http://blogs.compute...unes_from_windows




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Post #324,614
by folkert
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4/13/10 7:53:38 PM
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New The problem is...
Flash just takes *tooooooo much* processing to be useful.

And I can see it finally going away, I hope!
     'Is Apple the new Microsoft?' - (Ashton) - (32) - April 13, 2010, 03:26:19 PM EDT
         This is new? - (beepster) - April 13, 2010, 03:32:08 PM EDT
         Re: 'Is Apple the new Microsoft?' - (lincoln) - (1) - April 13, 2010, 04:01:11 PM EDT
             The problem is... - (folkert) - April 13, 2010, 07:53:38 PM EDT
         See, here's the thing - (pwhysall) - (28) - April 14, 2010, 01:46:00 AM EDT
             Concur.. - (Ashton) - April 14, 2010, 03:41:40 AM EDT
             I'm usually on the fence - (crazy) - (26) - April 14, 2010, 10:39:20 AM EDT
                 the iPad is an Appliance - (SpiceWare) - (25) - April 14, 2010, 12:01:43 PM EDT
                     Not buying it - (crazy) - (23) - April 14, 2010, 02:55:14 PM EDT
                         their target market doesn't even know what an MMU is. -NT - (SpiceWare) - (22) - April 14, 2010, 03:09:13 PM EDT
                             Nor should they - (crazy) - (21) - April 15, 2010, 04:56:12 PM EDT
                                 ah - multitasking - (SpiceWare) - (16) - April 15, 2010, 05:12:28 PM EDT
                                     And perceived speed is more important than measured - (drook) - April 15, 2010, 06:00:30 PM EDT
                                     2 issues for me - (crazy) - (14) - April 15, 2010, 07:29:13 PM EDT
                                         Apple might be planning for underlying changes - (SpiceWare) - April 15, 2010, 07:42:59 PM EDT
                                         Just wait until the ARM... - (folkert) - (11) - April 15, 2010, 10:24:09 PM EDT
                                             Microsoft? - (static) - (10) - April 15, 2010, 10:43:03 PM EDT
                                                 Clouds. - (Another Scott) - (9) - April 15, 2010, 10:55:08 PM EDT
                                                     Wasn't AutoCad on custom hardware for a long time? - (drook) - (7) - April 16, 2010, 02:48:40 AM EDT
                                                         AutoCAD used to be... - (folkert) - (2) - April 16, 2010, 07:44:02 AM EDT
                                                             No it didn't - (altmann) - (1) - April 16, 2010, 06:47:15 PM EDT
                                                                 Oh yeah... - (folkert) - April 16, 2010, 09:09:02 PM EDT
                                                         Don't recall. - (Another Scott) - (3) - April 16, 2010, 07:44:54 AM EDT
                                                             Whaddaya mean "looking at"? - (drook) - (2) - April 16, 2010, 09:54:09 AM EDT
                                                                 Isn't that what I said? :-) - (Another Scott) - (1) - April 16, 2010, 11:18:14 AM EDT
                                                                     Roger, all clear -NT - (drook) - April 16, 2010, 01:04:34 PM EDT
                                                     Pixlr - (Another Scott) - May 2, 2010, 01:28:13 PM EDT
                                         Also, to address the OLD ARM... - (folkert) - April 15, 2010, 10:34:01 PM EDT
                                 He says it well - (crazy) - (3) - April 16, 2010, 12:27:00 AM EDT
                                     Too many developers are too pragmatic for him to be right - (drook) - (2) - April 16, 2010, 02:57:12 AM EDT
                                         Good points - (crazy) - April 16, 2010, 09:22:35 AM EDT
                                         very true - (SpiceWare) - April 16, 2010, 12:02:20 PM EDT
                     Agree. - (malraux) - April 14, 2010, 06:38:30 PM EDT

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