tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081361780079434787.post8397206491527342432..comments2018-03-19T23:50:31.686+01:00Comments on Business or Pleasure? - why not both: Want another Apple? No thanks?!Martijn Linssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00573419401627232560noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081361780079434787.post-18145425784382337602010-10-27T15:47:50.623+02:002010-10-27T15:47:50.623+02:00Great post!, that's true, and I've to conf...Great post!, that's true, and I've to confess that I love apple.<br />I just only add that apple also gives a tool for peoples' identity, the ability to be different from the rest of tech users.<br />Nowadays, the society is based in a big individualism and the people still have the need to be identified in a group or team, so, being an apple user covers a basic human need.Eva Santistebannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081361780079434787.post-55188810792498497582010-10-27T15:43:50.292+02:002010-10-27T15:43:50.292+02:00Thank you Arry, good questions
An absolute true s...Thank you Arry, good questions<br /><br />An absolute true statement about design, and piggybacking on the hardware<br /><br />As far as I'm concerned Microsoft has been end-of-life for a few years now, to be witnessed via the moving of existing functionality in place (leave my MS Office toolbar alone!) and time (hey this button looks 4 times as sexy now, and takes twice as long to load), next to incorporating the additions made by the market to fill the gaps<br /><br />MS failed to go Cloud, not surprisingly, but they have utterly failed to innovate in this century. Funny thing is, MS and Apple now have an equal revenue and profit, but MS has 89K employees, each generating 160K profit per year. So they have a long way to go until they reach rock bottom...Martijn Linssenhttp://martijnlinssen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081361780079434787.post-66814307158294031952010-10-27T15:03:53.003+02:002010-10-27T15:03:53.003+02:00I think you're on kind of the right track here...I think you're on kind of the right track here but, let me ask you this:<br />if Apple is all-but-hardware, no one would care about their software. It would be either their version of totally commoditized solutions, or routinely replaced by customers. There would be no talk of Apple's OS or bundled applications. Could you really put your money on that being an accurate assessment? Really?<br /><br />How about this: Apple is a design company, doing both software and hardware, being smart enough to figure out that hardware is a great vehicle to monetize software. Hence all the hardware-software specificity ("lock-ins") that gives rise to expressions like "jailbreak" and "hackintosh". IMO, pure software companies are the exception – and Microsoft, with all the OEM agreements and flashy stickers, isn't one.<br /><br />Kudos for recognizing Apple's trailblazing role and how free software, not in the least, benefits from this. I'm less concerned about Apple itself and more about the lack of diversity in its competition. The model all along has been the "Windows" mode of operation, where marketplace hardware and one-size-fits-all OS were supposed to relive the triumph over Apple's integrated model back in the 80s-90s. When this didn't happen (google "ipod killer") all energy was redirected into exactly duplicating Apple's model down to the last detail (see Zune, Windows phone 7) And why? I'm convinced that one Apple is absolutely necessary, but I agree with you that no one benefits from another...Arruhttp://boombox.se/blognoreply@blogger.com