I promise I'll get rid of the sig

[Tony Scharf]

And now applications are just another type of content.

In so many ways, I see the freedom the internet created for content
creators slowly eroding.  The pendulum is definitely swinging back to
closed paradigms and limited channels.

Tony

On 4/7/10, Peter Korsten <peter at severity-one.com> wrote:
> Op 7-4-2010 22:51, Joost Schuttelaar schreef:
>
>> Why would they? Unless they start dropping market share, or the PC market
>> will go away, why would they drop a very profitable business?
>
> It might, at some point, no longer be profitable. This is one reason why
> they are making the move towards content, because that's where the money is.
>
> And this is why the likes of my employer (mobile phone company) is not
> particularly happy with the likes of Apple, because they want to sell
> their own devices with their own services and own content. There's no
> money to be made in being a bit pipe.
>
>> I don't see them dropping market share any day soon (still rising
>> rapidly). I also don't see the PC market go away any time soon (although
>> the device paradigm will rock it a bit).
>
> You're forgetting corporate. Nobody can touch Microsoft there.
>
>> PS: I'm getting an iPad (of course), just coz I think it's a very sexy
>> piece of hardware and a fun toy. I have very mixed feelings about the
>> direction Apple is going with their iDevices though. Very closed platform,
>> restricted freedom, but so nicely made and a great way for independent
>> software developers to make money again...
>
> Apple is a content provider now. Their devices help them sell content.
>
> - Peter
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