iPad and noise.io

[Peter Korsten]

Op 5-2-2010 20:20, Don't t(h)read on my tentacles, Earthling! schreef:

> Le 1 févr. 2010 à 18:26, Peter Korsten a écrit :
>
>> Hey, I'm not saying that Microsoft is happily embracing open standards.
>
> They don't, they M$ize standards, so that they are no more standards.
> Apple doesn't.

My impression is that Microsoft stopped doing that some time ago - 
mostly because of regulatory pressure, particularly from the European 
Commission.

Apple just have a closed system: you can't even run your own software on 
an iPhone or iPad if you don't have Apple's permission, can you?

> (stopping here, Apple vs M$ and other BS are not fun)

Oh, you killjoy! :)

Seriously, I'm very much a Unix-minded person, but I must say that I 
really like Windows 7. It's not as invasive as previous versions, that 
stuffed Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger and Media Player down your 
throat. It defaults to using Microsoft products and services (search, 
blog, etc.), but you can easily change them to Google; heck, it even 
asks you before you begin.

Compare that to iTunes.

Again, Microsoft don't do this from the kindness of their hearts, far 
from it. They are forced, and they comply because they have to. Nobody 
can keep coughing up €1bn at a time, not even Microsoft. But the end 
result is the same, which is a surprisingly open system - and a very 
good system, if you ask me, and I've seen a few.

> This said, I really have to change my email here� it'll help to understand a few things.

Eh?

- Peter