[opendtv] Re: Comment: Complexity bites Apple, puts reputation at stake

  • From: Kon Wilms <konfoo@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:12:14 -0700

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 6:31 AM, Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> To be specific, the iPAD provides a clearly differentiated approach to the
> next generation of affordable mobile media appliances. The Wintel minions
> have been consumed in a race to the bottom, trying to condense the
> essentials of desktop and notebook computing into lowest common denominator
> netbooks. The iPad offers an alternative that may appeal to a wide range of
> consumers who do not want or need to remain tightly coupled to the past.

*plays violin*

A touching analysis, Craig.

And the real analysis:

The iPad offers an alternative to the complex computing of today,
taking consumers back to the walled garden of controlled pay-for
content, zero choice, and lemming-like experience - brought to you by
the same company who promoted the single-button mouse!

"Remember kids, technology is hard. We dumb it down because we care
deeply about our pocket^H^H^H^H you."

Cheers
Kon
 
 
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