awilliams87

rogifan_new said:

awilliams87 said:

I was praying to the God in Hades that this was a DED article. Now I can sit down and have an enjoyable time reading it.

Because it will tell you what you want to hear? Even Ben Bajarin, normally very bullish on Apple was worried about the lack of Apple love at CES. Outside of iPhone cases/chargers the only real Apple presence was companies providing solutions for the ports Apple removed on the new Macs. Siri and HomeKit aren't dominating anything.

redraider11 said:

usersinceos1 said:

georgie01 said:

I see the benefits of globalisation but can't support Cook on it. It creates greater potential for negative global consequences, things in our arrogance we assume won't happen. Even the shipping of bees around the US to pollinate crops makes me nervous—that seems like a disaster waiting to happen (why not develop a sustainable crop variety to encourage bee population year round?). Also, through globalisation there is a reduction in the uniqueness of different cultures, and I think it's arrogant to assume those losses are inconsequential.

There are also consequences of non-globalization, as we see with the slowly sinking ship of the British economy.

And there are even dangers in democracy, if the electorate is ignorant and uncommitted to the principles of that form of government, as we saw in Egypt and other Arab Spring disasters, and we may be seeing in the US right now.

The US is NOT a Democracy. We are a Constitutional Republic. But you are correct in that our electorate, on both sides, seem uncommitted to preserving the Constitution as it was written and try to interpret it in their own ways which is very bad. 

sog35 said:

So is the opinion that cloud will be a cheap commodity?

Funny how Wall STreet is pinning all its hopes on cloud services for Amazon and Microsoft. Both are getting ridiculously high valuations because of cloud revenue growth. Crazy.  In a few years cloud providers will be just like gas stations. Commodity.

I really can't believe how insanily stupid wall Street is.

spheric said:

rogifan_new said:

americanLager said:

rogifan_new said:

I didn't vote for Donald Trump but the country has survived much worse than him. 

People are afraid Trump will launch nukes at the slightest provocation.  Yet, Hillary supported the war in Iraq and was gleeful when we toppled Gadaffi.  Obama was supposed to be an agent of peace, but we're still dropping bombs and killing innocent people all across the globe under his leadership.  My expectation for Trump is he will be refreshingly reticent to get our country tangled in military action.  Hilary was already crossing swords with the Kremlin on the campaign trail over Syria.

If we can stop the mass slaughter and incomprehensible fiscal expense of waging war like we have for decades, it just might let everyone in our country calm down enough so we can work together to build the America ALL of us want.

We survived revolution, a civil war, two world wars, depression, civil rights, Vietnam etc. I think we can survive Trump. Liberals need to stop with the hyperbole and faux outrage.

Amusing that you phrase it as civil rights having been "survived". It sure does seem like it, with Trump now in office. The era of civil rights can be considered over when a racist misogynist takes over the country, I guess.

macxpress said:

Complete and utter bullshit! I guess its just okay then for someone to steal other's ideas and make a profit off it. What the hell is the sense in having a patent system then? We might as well scrap it! 

designr said:

applesauce007 said:

No sir!
Can't compare Uber & Lift with Google or FaceBook or Microsoft because the way they make money is completely different.
That's why the later are very profitable.

Granted execution is important in any business but the business model and go to market strategy are even more important.
When you look at it this way you see that Uber and Lyft have very little software and not very much to stand on.

An example:
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Uber is illegally doing business New York City by bi-passing the required medallion license, fees and regulations that the Yellow Taxi cabs have to endure for the right to do business in New York City (Manhattan).  Other cabs are not allowed to pick-up passengers in Manhattan but crooked mayor Bloomberg allowed Uber to do this so the Yellow Cab owners and their banks are suing.  A New York City medallion license use to sell for a million dollars, they are now worth about half as much hence leaving the owners and their lenders holding the bag but hoping for the day of reckoning.  Losing this lawsuit and paying the penalties alone could wipeout Uber.  Not to mention that there are similar issue in other countries around the world.

That the business models are different from Google or Facebook is not really relevant to refuting your broad, over-generalized claim. And while Uber may be violating the current cartel protection laws in NYC, that doesn't mean they are operating illegally everywhere. I do agree that Uber should be working, through the legal system, to end these unfair and anti-competitive taxi laws. That said, your original statement of "just software and a business plan" is still an insufficient "analysis" of the situation.

auxio said:

awilliams87 said:

Where in your example does Google "force" you to use Android?

Where in your example are you talking about the real world where companies can be competitive without it?