[opendtv] Re: Apple dashes hopes of Flash on iPhone
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:48:06 -0400
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> ..
> One can make a strong argument for the fact that Apple exerts the
> strongest control over its platforms compared to any other vendor in
> the computing device industry.
>
> One can also make the argument that Apple had led the industry with
> respect to the adoption of new technologies, and that since Jobs
> returned in the late '90s the company has been a strong supporter of
> industry standards, including most of the peripherals that are used on
> both Macs and PCs.
>
> As a user, I perceive less control than during the era when Jobs was
> not involved with the company. And my attitude may be tainted a bit by
> my involvement with the Advanced Technology and QuickTime groups,
> where I saw most of this coming nearly two decades ago.
>
> Regards
> Craig
On my last job back in Gainesville I was almost starting to drink the
cool aid that Apple was becoming more open and now went along with
standards. But I was then developing the Florical asset management
product and had to work with an Orlando TV station using Apples OSX
servers. Those servers would NOT follow the FTP standard we used to
communicate with them. After numerous calls to Apple support we were
told there was indeed a parameter change that would enable the needed
FTP commands but the customer would have to have a $1000+ support
contract to be told what it was.
All this went on for a couple months until we convinced the customer to
just install one of the many free FTP servers software available. The
problem was well known and discussed on the net and that is what all the
other folks have eventually had to do. This was all quite annoying and
it will be awhile before I voluntarily consider Apple products again.
- Tom
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