So I'm not the only one who misses the old rainbow apple then. Sad to see it go for a colder look, that seems to match the more corporate company Apple has become.
Still got some great products though.
True. Users care about what they are trying to do, not how they are doing it. OSS has to keep improving usability to be viable on the desktop.
Users expect to be let down by software and hardware, as for years, since long before M$ existed it's always been a case of 'Oh, the computer has got it wrong'. All of us that work in IT have to change that perception by building better product (and by getting away from Windoze).
Back to the original topic, M$ and lots of other tech companies have yet to adapt to the idea that the growth rates that they used to achieve are no longer realistic. Its happened as well with the Telecoms companies, but so far M$ haven't had the stock price shakeout happen to the same extent. Markets for PC's are pretty much mature, and the same with cellphones in Europe.
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So I'm not the only one who misses the old rainbow apple then. Sad to see it go for a colder look, that seems to match the more corporate company Apple has become. Still got some great products though.
Users expect to be let down by software and hardware, as for years, since long before M$ existed it's always been a case of 'Oh, the computer has got it wrong'. All of us that work in IT have to change that perception by building better product (and by getting away from Windoze).
Back to the original topic, M$ and lots of other tech companies have yet to adapt to the idea that the growth rates that they used to achieve are no longer realistic. Its happened as well with the Telecoms companies, but so far M$ haven't had the stock price shakeout happen to the same extent. Markets for PC's are pretty much mature, and the same with cellphones in Europe.