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Joshua Marinacci's blogThe iPhone, Open Systems, and Leaving SunPosted by joshy on February 4, 2010 at 2:27 PM PST
Lots of people have opined on Apple's iPad, many deriding it's closed nature and lack of features. The thing is, those problems don't matter to most people. The iPad isn't for you or me. It's for everyone else. I've spent the last 20 years hoping we would have the technology to build such a device, even though I knew it was a device I would not personally use. But that doesn't matter.. Make no mistake, the simplified and locked down iPhone OS (running on both the iPhone and the iPad) is the future. Eventually at least 90% of people will use an iPhone, Chrome Pad, netbook, or similar device as their primary computing interface. Don't focus on the form factor. A netbook will simply an iPad with a built in keyboard. The point is the simplified computing experience that leaves a lot out. It does what 90% of people want to do and without 90% of the headaches you get from a general purpose computing device. »
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Thanks Josh for all the Help!!
Submitted by tdanecito on Fri, 2010-02-05 11:27.
Hi Josh,
Thanks for all the help with Java Warehouse and Java Store you gave me. Hopefully that project moves forward.
As I said in another blog which you seemed to echo here is those who move forward like Apple and Oracle win. Developers are super users of products so we have different requirements which is great but the people who purchase products for the most part are happy with the advances they get. First out the door with the new shiny toy wins the market and may stay in control. The only exceptions are areas of quality where customers care alot about like performance such as what happened with google Chrome. I almost never hear people downloading Firefox any more and the reason 100% of the time is performance.
Again good luck at Palm.
Tony Anecito
Founder
MyUniPortal
http://www.myuniportal.com
Oh my...
Submitted by goddard on Fri, 2010-02-05 05:31.
I can't believe that another great person is leaving Sun. I remember Chet Haase left to Adobe and some other great Java/JavaFX/JVM people left. There has to be something very wrong in Sun. I think you'd stay bit longer if there was no acquisition with Oracle, because that means only server HW - no chance to push device like SunSPOT anymore.
Anyway, does/will Palm support JavaFX? :)
Thanks Josh!
Submitted by cajo on Thu, 2010-02-04 22:46.
I know you don't really believe in all this HTML as GUI crap either. I agree with you, however,
Submitted by marioyohanes on Thu, 2010-02-04 20:55.
I agree with you, however, adding 720p(at least) support for video output won't be hurt.
I barely found any projector with resolution under 720p these days, so, Apple should not living in ancient ages for video output.
RE: 720p at least...
Submitted by staypufd on Fri, 2010-02-05 11:13.
I wondering if the video resolution issue may really be more a issue with Apple's licenses with the media providers and restrictions that those licenses currently specify for Apple to follow.
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joshy
Hi joshy,
nice to see your future is well defined and with good perspectives. And it will be very interesting to follow your migration from the powerful world of the Desktop application to a browser locked universe :) Prepare to not be able to use 99% of all your graphics skills since Browser programming is all about boring limitations :)
Keep in touch, don't hide yourself in the PALM labs.. keep blogging ........ see you.......