Slammin' the Apple announcment sticky
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jschell wrote:
But if you want to participate in that market then you must pass the Apple censorship
Oh dear. Have you looked at how the Windows App store works? Or the Intel store? Or the moves Google is making to try and clean up the mess that is their store? I'm all for hearty debate, but we shouldn't have one yardstick for one company and another yard stick for another. It's funny, but it seems Apple is the new Microsoft.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
Have you looked at how the Windows App store works? Or the Intel store? Or the moves Google is making to try and clean up the mess that is their store?
Pretty sure that I can buy android apps and run them without having them pass through one single vendors non-technical filter.
Chris Maunder wrote:
It's funny, but it seems Apple is the new Microsoft.
I didn't say I was condemning the company - I said I didn't like their policy in regards to this. And other than that I don't engage in emotional condemnations of companies based on specific policies. True for Apple and true for Microsoft.
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That's not how I've observed voting occur in these forums. But then that's how it's in real life too.
Regards, Nish
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I grant you that it is sometimes abused. But in this case, I think it was used correctly. P.S. I didn't downvote as I was clever enough to deduce from the title of the sticky that it was something I wasn't bothered about so didn't click it.
TPFKAPB wrote:
I didn't downvote as I was clever enough to deduce from the title of the sticky that it was something I wasn't bothered about so didn't click it.
Wish more people did that.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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If ever there's a case for keeping downvotes it's got to be my sticky post yesterday regarding the Apple iPhone announcement. I'm amazed at the 1-votes. Where did the magic go, guys? Apple creates tech gadgets. Overpriced, overhyped, overhyperboly'd, sure. But they are gadgets and they are a way for developers to create applications that millions of people will use and enjoy. This isn't restricted to the iPhone, though. Android devices, Windows Phone, and Blackberries all provide the developer with the most interesting developer challenge and opportunity in the last decade. So I'm just curious: Do people hate Apple for being Apple? Hate the devices? Hate the hype? The OS? The development environment? The available apps? The design? Is it the tall poppy syndrome, or is it a feeling that other companies are more worthy of the over-the-top media attention? I don't want to start the same old boring religious war, and I'm not interested in discussions regarding the Reality Distortion Field since every single company does the same thing. I'd just like to know what, specifically, people dislike about an announcement regarding an Apple launch, but also what, specifically, you guys would be interested in hearing regarding Apple. And Google. And Samsung. And RIM. And whatever other handset make you care to name.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
Perhaps a few is just a bit frustrated since they can't slam the United States Patent and Trademark Office[^]. I think more than a few are miffed by the slew of patent wars we've seen lately ... Just to quote Wikipedia on a Patent[^]: A patent is, in effect, a limited property right that the government offers to inventors in exchange for their agreement to share the details of their inventions with the public I guess many feel that patents are granted too freely, with too little benefit for the society and public at large, and that Apple holds too many patents that fits this description - thus misusing the legal system to prevent what many feel would be fair competition in a healthy market. So, while I think the sticky was just fine, I guess Apple is misjudging the severity of the emotional response caused by their patent lawsuits - you just got a lot of downvotes because Apple is starting to get a bit unpopular among developers.
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Chris Maunder wrote:
Maybe I just give everyone a "Nuke Thread" token and each week you can nuke a thread you think shouldn't exist. No holds barred.
Glad to see you thinking "out of the box" here Chris: the "Nuke Thread" concept seems like the opposite of "Weapons of Mass Destruction:" a one-shot weapon of individual destruction ? :) But, I think there is an alternative: let the members vote and "winnow-out" messages that probably should be moved: put a third item in the "Report" drop-down: "Wrong Forum:" a Lounge message gets some number of that category of Reports, then let some members with very high-reps, or CP staff, decide where the messages should be moved, or: leave the message in place on the Lounge and copy it over to the appropriate technical Forum so it enriches the technical Fora. I think that's consistent with your principles and values on CP, as I experience them, and avoids the "thought police" issue. best, Bill
"When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images." Niels Bohr
I'll have to put this on the TODO list.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP