> I'm looking around, I'm seeing movement by Microsoft, Apple, and Google to limited-purpose simplified computers with app stores built in. I'm seeing developers actually able to sell software again. I'm seeing rich, beautiful interfaces that are responsive and smooth. I'm seeing voice, camera, accelerometer, and GPS integration. And I'm seeing it in native software TODAY. It works now, it's not beta, and it's making money. Tell me where I'm wrong?

Your not. However, I haven't argued against this.

> You fail to realize that these "tools" are ugly hacks to make HTML do things it's clearly not well suited to do.

Well, good thing they aren't using HTML then.

> In what context is that?

In the context of the article. PhoneGap let's you create native software but using technology like HTML and JS that hooks into Apple's (and others) existing API.

More importantly, Apple uses XML for it's UI as well, so the difference between HTML and Apple's own XML format for it's UI is negligible.

> and naturally you're resisting change.

The industry is changing from desktop TO web-based. Your cherished MS, Apple, and Google agree with this as well, as you can see by their plans to not only support, but promote these types of applications.

And, in this case, I can either follow the lead of Apple, MS, Google, and Mozilla, or take the advice of some nobody random commenter with a stick up his ass.

Maybe you can explain how these companies are wrong?