Apple aren't making excuses. Time Cook already accepted they'd made missteps. And there have been 2 execs fired over the matter.
That doesn't alter the correction I made to the OPs claim. Google didn't allow their maps to mature before release. They released maps full of errors and omissions and in part improved it by allowing the public to report the defects.
It's not a notion. The fact that the phone remains the property of the person it was first stolen from is a matter of law. Which gives them all the rights over that phone, and anyone down the line from the theft no rights over it at all.
Of course it's different situations. Why are people still trying to argue that Apple made a misstep when Apple themselves have already put their hands up to it.
I'm simply not allowing the idea to stand that Google Maps was any better when it launched. It was not.
And I working in mobile development for years, kid. As you are now trying to play the expert game, I presume this will be the last time you try to argue with me on smartphone matters and will in future simply accept what I say.
Google maps was unprecedented, it didn't just replace paper maps and TomTom devices, it incorporated data and search technologies unknown to the average map user (even though it was relatively simple in terms of GIS). I couldn't open my paper map book to find Fred's Fish Supply, I first needed to look up Fred's Fish Supply in the phone book, then find the corresponding address on the map. No other commercially available product did this before Google Maps.
Which has nothing to do with the undeniable fact that I pointed out: That Google maps was full of errors and omissions when it came out. Google didn't, as the OP suggested, allow it to mature before release. They put it out in a very much incomplete state and allowed users to contribute corrections.
Our ability to fix (or not fix) global warming has jack shit to do with the dinosaurs dying out or us facing the same fate as they did.
Given no one definitively knows why the dinosaurs died out, your grossly overconfident on that.
"Many researchers believe the extinction was more gradual, resulting from the sea level and climate changes already occurring during the late Cretaceous, and aggravated by impact events or increased volcanic activity.[7]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceousâ"Paleogene_extinction_event
For sure, the dinosaurs didn't cause their own climate change and sea level increases by burning fossil fuels as we are. But the effects of those changes - massive extinction - could well be the same. For sure it'll happen to other species long before us. The question is, how many of those other species can we do without and still thrive?
Remember, if you pay for a phone on eBay and it happens to be stolen, you haven't bought it. It still remains the property of the person it was stolen from. And his right to have it investigated by the police, and possibly recovered, remains.
Caveat emptor applies just as much if you buy on eBay.
The parent poster is the one that made the claim that there was a correlation/causation relationship.
But a different one. His argument that most desktop and smartphone platforms have abandoned it is one of platform makers and developers making a conscious decision on Java itself. That's a perfectly reasonable argument.
Your relationship of marketshare of a single platform that has a Java like language to the number of users is obviously bogus. Bogus because the overwhelming majority of their users don't even know what Java is. And because they are making their decision on lots of other factors, chiefly price.
Of course they can. I rationally believe that there is no Loch Ness monster. I rationally believe that there are no teapots in orbit around Mars. I rationally believe that there is no deity.
I don't need to pretend to accept that there's the possibility of these things purely to satisfy the false arguments of monster/teapot/deity believers.
However, no vendor is going to outright ignore the Windows market, because starting out by not supporting 95% of the desktop PC market just isn't a good move.
There are lot of vendors who only target OSX and not Windows.
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Apple aren't making excuses. Time Cook already accepted they'd made missteps. And there have been 2 execs fired over the matter.
That doesn't alter the correction I made to the OPs claim. Google didn't allow their maps to mature before release. They released maps full of errors and omissions and in part improved it by allowing the public to report the defects.
If your speculation were true, it would have to say "Google are 400 man years ahead". And it doesn't. So it would still be wrong.
Indeed, that's Google's standard cover for releasing shoddy software. Leave everything in beta for years, and use that to excuse all bugs.
It's not a notion. The fact that the phone remains the property of the person it was first stolen from is a matter of law. Which gives them all the rights over that phone, and anyone down the line from the theft no rights over it at all.
Of course it's different situations. Why are people still trying to argue that Apple made a misstep when Apple themselves have already put their hands up to it.
I'm simply not allowing the idea to stand that Google Maps was any better when it launched. It was not.
I worked in GIS for years sunshine.
And I working in mobile development for years, kid. As you are now trying to play the expert game, I presume this will be the last time you try to argue with me on smartphone matters and will in future simply accept what I say.
Google maps was unprecedented, it didn't just replace paper maps and TomTom devices, it incorporated data and search technologies unknown to the average map user (even though it was relatively simple in terms of GIS). I couldn't open my paper map book to find Fred's Fish Supply, I first needed to look up Fred's Fish Supply in the phone book, then find the corresponding address on the map. No other commercially available product did this before Google Maps.
Which has nothing to do with the undeniable fact that I pointed out: That Google maps was full of errors and omissions when it came out. Google didn't, as the OP suggested, allow it to mature before release. They put it out in a very much incomplete state and allowed users to contribute corrections.
Google was quoted as having said that they have a 400 year advantage [telemapics.com] over Apple maps.
Questions are:
Is this true?
Unless they started work on Google Maps in the year 1612, I'm going to say no.
It would have been wiser to let it mature a bit more like Google did.
Huh? Google maps was full of errors and omissions when it came out. It improved over the years.
Our ability to fix (or not fix) global warming has jack shit to do with the dinosaurs dying out or us facing the same fate as they did.
Given no one definitively knows why the dinosaurs died out, your grossly overconfident on that.
"Many researchers believe the extinction was more gradual, resulting from the sea level and climate changes already occurring during the late Cretaceous, and aggravated by impact events or increased volcanic activity.[7]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceousâ"Paleogene_extinction_event
For sure, the dinosaurs didn't cause their own climate change and sea level increases by burning fossil fuels as we are. But the effects of those changes - massive extinction - could well be the same. For sure it'll happen to other species long before us. The question is, how many of those other species can we do without and still thrive?
You have a city dweller's concept of how the world works. You're going to starve to death.
Remember, if you pay for a phone on eBay and it happens to be stolen, you haven't bought it. It still remains the property of the person it was stolen from. And his right to have it investigated by the police, and possibly recovered, remains.
Caveat emptor applies just as much if you buy on eBay.
true, but for intelligent life you need a body and appendages.
Tell that to the dolphins.
Indeed. No one has a right to privacy when using a phone that they stole.
The submitter has clearly overdosed on YRO and can't see the woods for the trees any more.
Exactly. That's not what you said.
Are you seriously trying to defend the claim that Android has been abandoned by Google and all developers? Because that is what the OP is claiming.
He made no such claim. Nor did I. You're beyond grasping at straws.
The parent poster is the one that made the claim that there was a correlation/causation relationship.
But a different one. His argument that most desktop and smartphone platforms have abandoned it is one of platform makers and developers making a conscious decision on Java itself. That's a perfectly reasonable argument.
Your relationship of marketshare of a single platform that has a Java like language to the number of users is obviously bogus. Bogus because the overwhelming majority of their users don't even know what Java is. And because they are making their decision on lots of other factors, chiefly price.
Abandoned by every smartphone platform except the one that holds a majority market share.
Correlation is not causation.
Android is popular because there are cheap Android phones available. The figures show most purchasers don't even download apps or access the internet.
Android is the most popular smartphone OS despite the fact that it has a Java-like development system, not because of it.
The blockbuster games are fun. That's why people play them, and they make a gazillion dollars on the first day of sales.
If they're making gazillions on the first day of sales, they're doing that because they've been well marketed. Not necessarily that they are fun.
Marketing often outdoes quality to dominate a market. Just look at the music industry.
Hmm... talking of blind believers... BB10 isn't out yet.
The problems with Apple Maps only became apparent the day the public got their hands on them.
And yet you have no argument as to how.
If you don't think it's rational to believe that there are no teapots in orbit around Mars, then your thinking is crooked.
And by extension of your argument it's certainly NOT logical for you to believe that there IS a deity.
Of course they can. I rationally believe that there is no Loch Ness monster. I rationally believe that there are no teapots in orbit around Mars. I rationally believe that there is no deity.
I don't need to pretend to accept that there's the possibility of these things purely to satisfy the false arguments of monster/teapot/deity believers.
Why IOS?
Because he's got an iPad.
Special effects, check. What else?
http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Kandyman
The new era hasn't sunk nearly as low as the originals did.
you can't turn a children's show (Who) into an adult show simply by added sex and swearing
Sure you can. Tiswas --- OTT.
However, no vendor is going to outright ignore the Windows market, because starting out by not supporting 95% of the desktop PC market just isn't a good move.
There are lot of vendors who only target OSX and not Windows.