What is amazing to me is how successful geeks have been at making computers so ubiquitous that geeks are now the ones that don't understand the industry.
Back in the late 70s and early 80s, lots of geeks had an amazingly clear vision of the future where every home would have at least one computer in it. Meanwhile, the common man thought those people were nuts.
Then, that generation of geeks collectively pushed-for and developed the technologies that we enjoy today, and their vision became a reality.
Now, just as they predicted, the common man has adopted the computer with open arms because the geeks succeeded in making these devices do things that ordinary people care about. Ironically, however, that same group of geeks has struggled to realize that all of the openness they think they want is of no importance whatsoever to the market they created.
Just as some people still ride horses, so too will some techies want to keep their anvil so that they can continue to play blacksmith. For most people, however, they are much happier to have safe, reliable cars that get them from point-A to point-B, because they view the car as being a mode of transportation first, and a toy second (if at all).
Steve Jobs is delivering devices that DO STUFF that people want to do. The "walled garden haters" still don't seem to care about doing anything except argue about how the tools should be designed, notwithstanding the fact that they have nothing to build with those tools.
By having a closed eco-system, Apple is relocating its users into a gated community. Many people have reacted negatively to this, but the fact is, ask your grandmother if her family locked the door back in the 40s. She will probably tell you no. Yet now grandma lives in an apartment in a gated community with a steel door, a deadbolt, an alarm, and a security guard! Would she probably prefer the freedoms that she had 70 years ago -Yes. But times have changed, threats have emerged, and society has adapted.
The cyber community went down the drain, and Apple built a nicer neighborhood for people to live in. If you still want to live next door to a crackhouse, I think Steve is going to let you. For those of you that think that the gated community is doomed because the bad neighborhood still has houses you can move into, I think you are missing the point.
What is amazing to me is how successful geeks have been at making computers so ubiquitous that geeks are now the ones that don't understand the industry.
Back in the late 70s and early 80s, lots of geeks had an amazingly clear vision of the future where every home would have at least one computer in it. Meanwhile, the common man thought those people were nuts.
Then, that generation of geeks collectively pushed-for and developed the technologies that we enjoy today, and their vision became a reality.
Now, just as they predicted, the common man has adopted the computer with open arms because the geeks succeeded in making these devices do things that ordinary people care about. Ironically, however, that same group of geeks has struggled to realize that all of the openness they think they want is of no importance whatsoever to the market they created.
Just as some people still ride horses, so too will some techies want to keep their anvil so that they can continue to play blacksmith. For most people, however, they are much happier to have safe, reliable cars that get them from point-A to point-B, because they view the car as being a mode of transportation first, and a toy second (if at all).
Steve Jobs is delivering devices that DO STUFF that people want to do. The "walled garden haters" still don't seem to care about doing anything except argue about how the tools should be designed, notwithstanding the fact that they have nothing to build with those tools.
Haha. Good one! And mostly on the money. This is a place for geeks, by geeks. They seem to forget that most of the suggestions here about what apple should do have absolutely no basis in reality as it pertains to most apple customers. Get out and away from your group. My neighbor is pretty young and she has the original iOS that came with the phone on her iphone 3G. Why upgrade? All her favorite apps still work. So what's the problem?
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Back in the late 70s and early 80s, lots of geeks had an amazingly clear vision of the future where every home would have at least one computer in it. Meanwhile, the common man thought those people were nuts.
Then, that generation of geeks collectively pushed-for and developed the technologies that we enjoy today, and their vision became a reality.
Now, just as they predicted, the common man has adopted the computer with open arms because the geeks succeeded in making these devices do things that ordinary people care about. Ironically, however, that same group of geeks has struggled to realize that all of the openness they think they want is of no importance whatsoever to the market they created.
Just as some people still ride horses, so too will some techies want to keep their anvil so that they can continue to play blacksmith. For most people, however, they are much happier to have safe, reliable cars that get them from point-A to point-B, because they view the car as being a mode of transportation first, and a toy second (if at all).
Steve Jobs is delivering devices that DO STUFF that people want to do. The "walled garden haters" still don't seem to care about doing anything except argue about how the tools should be designed, notwithstanding the fact that they have nothing to build with those tools.
By having a closed eco-system, Apple is relocating its users into a gated community. Many people have reacted negatively to this, but the fact is, ask your grandmother if her family locked the door back in the 40s. She will probably tell you no. Yet now grandma lives in an apartment in a gated community with a steel door, a deadbolt, an alarm, and a security guard! Would she probably prefer the freedoms that she had 70 years ago -Yes. But times have changed, threats have emerged, and society has adapted.
The cyber community went down the drain, and Apple built a nicer neighborhood for people to live in. If you still want to live next door to a crackhouse, I think Steve is going to let you. For those of you that think that the gated community is doomed because the bad neighborhood still has houses you can move into, I think you are missing the point.
What is amazing to me is how successful geeks have been at making computers so ubiquitous that geeks are now the ones that don't understand the industry.
Back in the late 70s and early 80s, lots of geeks had an amazingly clear vision of the future where every home would have at least one computer in it. Meanwhile, the common man thought those people were nuts.
Then, that generation of geeks collectively pushed-for and developed the technologies that we enjoy today, and their vision became a reality.
Now, just as they predicted, the common man has adopted the computer with open arms because the geeks succeeded in making these devices do things that ordinary people care about. Ironically, however, that same group of geeks has struggled to realize that all of the openness they think they want is of no importance whatsoever to the market they created.
Just as some people still ride horses, so too will some techies want to keep their anvil so that they can continue to play blacksmith. For most people, however, they are much happier to have safe, reliable cars that get them from point-A to point-B, because they view the car as being a mode of transportation first, and a toy second (if at all).
Steve Jobs is delivering devices that DO STUFF that people want to do. The "walled garden haters" still don't seem to care about doing anything except argue about how the tools should be designed, notwithstanding the fact that they have nothing to build with those tools.
Haha. Good one! And mostly on the money. This is a place for geeks, by geeks. They seem to forget that most of the suggestions here about what apple should do have absolutely no basis in reality as it pertains to most apple customers. Get out and away from your group. My neighbor is pretty young and she has the original iOS that came with the phone on her iphone 3G. Why upgrade? All her favorite apps still work. So what's the problem?