SO, you have "Google TV" (whatever that is exactly) and it's "awesome" (whatever that means, you didn't say) and you had an iPhone (hardware device) but you had (undefined) problems with it, which you don't have with "android" (software!), which isn't a handset like iPhone, it's an OPERATING SYSTEM… we all know that no two handsets which RUN android are the same, so which one you owned probably made a difference as to your overall experience.
In all your posts, you appear to be going somewhere and nowhere at the same time.
18 posts, all just like this one. Saying nothing at all really, but designed to get a response. The classic definition of trolling, really.
You are not winning many fans around here, I'm guessing.
I hope that slight bit ended several years ago. The guy is a reprehensible and has been for a long time.
That's me being really polite!
Yes, it was a long time ago. Actually, I had a slight bit more for Brin initially, but he lost all my respect first. Then Schmidt screwed Apple WHILE sitting on its board. I knew from that moment that the "Don't Be Evil" slogan was a meaningless marketing phrase, meant to appear soft and clever at the same time.
These guys are anything but that. OK, clever, but in the worst ways possible.
No, they get NO respect from me either. Or trust. If I had to choose between them and Facebook who to "trust" with my personal information, I'd go with Facebook. And that's scary enough as a prospect!
A master programmer passed a novice programmer one day. The master noted the novice's preoccupation with a hand-held computer game. "Excuse me", he said, "may I examine it?"
The novice bolted to attention and handed the device to the master. "I see that the device claims to have three levels of play: Easy, Medium and Hard", said the master. "Yet every such device has another level of play, where the device seeks not to conquer the human, nor to be conquered by the human."
"Pray, great master", implored the novice, "how does one find this mysterious settings?"
The master dropped the device to the ground and crushed it under foot. And suddenly the novice was enlightened.
The problem with such statements is that even though it's not true in any real sense the lack of clarification — much like Android activations — means that he doesn't have to back it up, and even if he did he could cite something that would support his flawed perspective thus allowing him to make the statement without legal penalty.
My point exactly! It's like claiming the weather is fabulous when rain is pouring down and no one can sue you for it, however a lot of people may believe you and wonder around wet and cold...
I just about shot my drink through my nose reading the headline. Shame on Schmidt for essentially lying about the security of his product. I understand he has to keep a straight face and not smack Android, but he could have been honest about it, and not come across as a some arrogant ass.
The fandroid trolls infesting this forum trying to spin Android's problems are pretty easy to spot.
Turn up the volume so you can hear the snickers in the audience...
Those weren't snickers, it was laughter, and guffaws…
Notice how quickly he redirected the focus, turning the conversation AWAY from security, and back to HIS 'meme' which was all about the size of their market (the gross number of users and the impressive sounding "activation numbers") and "app store compatibility"...
He cleverly bypassed the reality of fragmentation too, making it a "store compatibility" issue, when in fact, it's a VERSION issue, with fragmentation across a huge number of devices, where -- appstores be damned -- if something is written for "Android Kit Kat" or "Lumpcake Supreme" it isn't going to work on 25% of the devices out there running the OLDEST versions of Android, OR the other 70% running versions in between.
Poor Schmidtty… his response that "Android is more secure than iPhone" is CLEARLY wrong, and disingenuous at best (either pure ignorance or a bald faced lie, you decide), and with the recent security flaw affecting nearly ALL android devices (yes, a complete "take over your device" HOLE in the system) NO ONE can declare Android more secure than ANYTHING else.
I'd even go so far as to declare WINDOWS more secure than Android, and, man, that's really saying something.
He just had to go and single out the iPhone and not go after BlackBerry or Windows Phone. The main problem is that Wall Street will believe whatever Schmidt says and downgrade Apple as a matter of course. Wall Street always tends to believe whatever Google tells them and that's why Google stock remains higher than Apple with a far better P/E ratio. There's probably no proof at all about Android OS being more secure than iOS and maybe both of those OSes are less secure than BlackBerry. Who knows for certain. An OS is only secure until it is breached. I've heard that Samsung's Knox technology is pretty robust but both OSes would need to be tested head to head to see which holds up the longest against various types of attacks.
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You nailed it!
What's he been drinking and smoking?
Google-ade and Hemp maybe?
Clearly, a combination causing severe delusions of grandeur and denial.
I actually had more problems with my iPhone than android. Maybe I'm lucky.
define "problems" (as related to SECURITY specifically)?
I hope that slight bit ended several years ago. The guy is a reprehensible and has been for a long time.
That's me being really polite!
Reading your other 18 posts I suspect your comments are open to question.
I have one and its awesome.
you're smelling a lot like a troll to me.
one-line contrariness tends to have that odor...
SO, you have "Google TV" (whatever that is exactly) and it's "awesome" (whatever that means, you didn't say) and you had an iPhone (hardware device) but you had (undefined) problems with it, which you don't have with "android" (software!), which isn't a handset like iPhone, it's an OPERATING SYSTEM… we all know that no two handsets which RUN android are the same, so which one you owned probably made a difference as to your overall experience.
In all your posts, you appear to be going somewhere and nowhere at the same time.
18 posts, all just like this one. Saying nothing at all really, but designed to get a response. The classic definition of trolling, really.
You are not winning many fans around here, I'm guessing.
Here you go...
Turn up the volume so you can hear the snickers in the audience...
I hope that slight bit ended several years ago. The guy is a reprehensible and has been for a long time.
That's me being really polite!
Yes, it was a long time ago. Actually, I had a slight bit more for Brin initially, but he lost all my respect first. Then Schmidt screwed Apple WHILE sitting on its board. I knew from that moment that the "Don't Be Evil" slogan was a meaningless marketing phrase, meant to appear soft and clever at the same time.
These guys are anything but that. OK, clever, but in the worst ways possible.
No, they get NO respect from me either. Or trust. If I had to choose between them and Facebook who to "trust" with my personal information, I'd go with Facebook. And that's scary enough as a prospect!
It's hard to take anyone seriously when they're dressed like a pumpkin.
A master programmer passed a novice programmer one day. The master noted the novice's preoccupation with a hand-held computer game. "Excuse me", he said, "may I examine it?"
The novice bolted to attention and handed the device to the master. "I see that the device claims to have three levels of play: Easy, Medium and Hard", said the master. "Yet every such device has another level of play, where the device seeks not to conquer the human, nor to be conquered by the human."
"Pray, great master", implored the novice, "how does one find this mysterious settings?"
The master dropped the device to the ground and crushed it under foot. And suddenly the novice was enlightened.
- The Tao of Programming
The problem with such statements is that even though it's not true in any real sense the lack of clarification — much like Android activations — means that he doesn't have to back it up, and even if he did he could cite something that would support his flawed perspective thus allowing him to make the statement without legal penalty.
My point exactly! It's like claiming the weather is fabulous when rain is pouring down and no one can sue you for it, however a lot of people may believe you and wonder around wet and cold...
My Nexus is very secure never had problem with it. I'm sure too that iPhone is very secure as well.
let me get this straight then: my BMW hasn't broke down ever, so it's unbreakable and I'm sure Daimler is unbreakable, too.
The fandroid trolls infesting this forum trying to spin Android's problems are pretty easy to spot.
Here you go...
Turn up the volume so you can hear the snickers in the audience...
Those weren't snickers, it was laughter, and guffaws…
Notice how quickly he redirected the focus, turning the conversation AWAY from security, and back to HIS 'meme' which was all about the size of their market (the gross number of users and the impressive sounding "activation numbers") and "app store compatibility"...
He cleverly bypassed the reality of fragmentation too, making it a "store compatibility" issue, when in fact, it's a VERSION issue, with fragmentation across a huge number of devices, where -- appstores be damned -- if something is written for "Android Kit Kat" or "Lumpcake Supreme" it isn't going to work on 25% of the devices out there running the OLDEST versions of Android, OR the other 70% running versions in between.
Poor Schmidtty… his response that "Android is more secure than iPhone" is CLEARLY wrong, and disingenuous at best (either pure ignorance or a bald faced lie, you decide), and with the recent security flaw affecting nearly ALL android devices (yes, a complete "take over your device" HOLE in the system) NO ONE can declare Android more secure than ANYTHING else.
I'd even go so far as to declare WINDOWS more secure than Android, and, man, that's really saying something.
Best part is the rest of his absurd statement where he just gives up on security and switches to compatibility.
Android devices are very secure.... when they are powered off, battery dead, and lying in a drawer.
..or locked in a vault...
Schmidt is turning into the Donald Trump of Tech