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> And if you don't impress the hackers, your days are numbered.

I don't know if the Watch will be successful in the long run, and I don't want to post the slashdot quote for the millionth time, but that's exactly what people said about the iPod, iPhone, and iPad.

On the other hand, hackers were extremely excited about Maemo and Openmoko.

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Yeah, you're right I guess. Hackers are very poor predictors of commercial success, if not the opposite.

Although, I meant 'developers' when I used the term 'hackers'.. The watch is very limited in the amount of freedom that it gives developers, and if you can't attract them, then it's not taking off.

I'm sure Apple knows that a lot better than I do, so let's see how they attack that problem in the future.

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