Good thing you can always use Windows or Linux.
171 karma · joined November 28, 2011
Instead this happened.
Apple now worth more than Google and Microsoft combined http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3572487
This is my main issue with Google. Most of their products/services were created/acquired not because they want to innovate or create something awesome. it's usually to copy or kill newer and more innovative start-ups and products or more established companies (many of Google's services are mediocre versions given away for free).
Case in point: Yelp, Groupon, Twitter, Facebook, Apple, Skyhook, Yahoo, Microsoft, etc.
No one, not even Google, the carrier or the manufacturer can guarantee if you'll be able to install a security update on that Android phone you deployed to 2,000 sales people 6 months ago.
>>> A Google search for a restaurant often displays the Places entry — linked to a map, user reviews and other services — ahead of Yelp.
This is the norm in China because the Chinese government itself encourages, supports and even demands this kind of labor conditions.
-Google is also in the hardware business (Chromebooks) and soon (Motorola).
-Google is the target of several antitrust and patent lawsuits.
Two years ago, Google offered to buy Yelp, but the talks broke down. Last year, Google introduced Places, a Yelp-like service for listing businesses and collecting consumer reviews. A Google search for a restaurant often displays the Places entry — linked to a map, user reviews and other services — ahead of Yelp. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/technology/googles-to-face...
Actually here's a more complete (& funny) list from http://brianshall.com/content/google-are-pussies
Yelp gets popular? Copy their info, shove Yelp to the bottom of the page and put Google Places and reviews at the top.
Groupon won't sell? Spend billions from other businesses to destroy them.
Twitter and Facebook innovate on search? Take their content, whine when they try and stop you then spend billions to prevent their growth and hopefully destroy them.
Apple working on a touchscreen smartphone? Spend billions from another business and copy everything you can, down to swipes and apps.
Need a smartphone operating system with Java. Take Java and use it for your own ends.
Need a location mapping technology and Skyhook won't sell? Spend billions from your monopoly profits and strongarm your partners and drive Skyhook out of business.
Buy up the big travel search sites.
Claim you are open source but share nothing related to what your business claims to be about -- search, and nothing related to how you make your money -- advertising
Claim you are open and standards based but control who gets access to your smartphone operating system
Like all rich monopolists, they spend millions hiring high priced lobbyists and public relations teams inside the Beltway -- for their direct benefit
John J. Rambo: Burma's a warzone.
Missionary: Our church is part of a pan-Asian ministry, located in Colorado. We are all volunteers who, around this time of year, bring in medical supplies, medical attention, prayer books, and support to the Karen tribespeople. People say you know the river better than anyone.
John J. Rambo: Are you bringing any weapons?
Missionary: Of course not.
John J. Rambo: You're not changing anything.
You're not changing anything.
As a foreign-owned corporation Microsoft, Amazon, Dell, HP, Sony, Samsung, HTC, Motorola, Apple do not have the authority, leverage or government support to change something that is so fundamental to China's culture and politics. This is the responsibility of Foxconn and the Chinese Government.
Are we forgetting something? This is China we're talking about. Foreigners do not have any say in this.
That new laptop you bought was manufactured at the exact same factory where they manufactured Apple products. Good job.
Another guy is making a difference to MILLIONS.
I admire both of them, but I think in the long run (20+ years) the first guy will have a bigger impact.
WHY single out Apple?
A) page views
B) hedge funds trying to short AAPL by spreading negative news the day AFTER a record-breaking quarter.
C) A & B