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XML Co-Founder Joins Google, Blasts iPhone
XML co-founder Tim Bray has taken the job of 'Developer Advocate' at Google. Don't other companies call that position 'Evangelist?' Because he sure doesn't mince words against the iPhone in his first sermon: 'It's a sterile Disney-fied walled garden surrounded by sharp-toothed lawyers. The people who create the apps serve at the landlord's pleasure and fear his anger.
Of course he's going to blast the iPhone. Google needs to de-trone the iPhone as the market leader in advanced phones otherwise they run the risk of becoming irrelevant in the future in the same way that Microsoft did in the cloud (for lack of a better term).
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Umm...
By making a product people want to buy. If you've failed to grasp this simple concept your not going to have much luck in any market. Android users do not tolerate simple applications for $1, nor do these applications make any money even in Apples walled garden. If you want to make money you have to provide enough functionality for a program to be at least $10.
The vast majority of Iphone developers aren't making enough money to pay the US$99 a year fee let alone recoup the cost of their time.
Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.
You're clearly lying. You must fear something. My bet would be your Shift key.
Oh but then, hmm. You did capitalise 'AND', so you are capable of it. Perhaps the fear is of a more general kind - fear of looking intelligent maybe? I'd say it was a stretch, but then, you are an apple fanboy who programs for the iPhone and doesn't seem at all concerned with the fact that Apple can at any time with no real explanation remove your products from their store. So yeah, that's not too intelligent either. Corraborates my theory.
Anecdotal "evidence" doesn't suddenly make Apple advertise their stuff to grandmothers. It's designed for young, fashionable gadget freaks who hang out on Twitter all day long and want something more portable to help the tweet from the sofa. If your aunt or mother wants easy sharing of photos, she obviously would prefer something with easy access to an USB port or a built-in sd card reader, i.e. not an iPad. Someone (most likely you) has been selling her a device she doesn't need.
And speaking of "mixed motives": you don't need a walled garden to remove the bullshit from life. At least not a walled garden that's also a prison. So yes, you're intentionally wrong, and an Apple apologist.