Google sells ads. Apple sells hardware.
They both make operating systems, browsers, and web apps.
I think they'll be more like Intel and Microsoft. They'll benefit each other. Hopefully, they'll keep benefitting us.
Prediction: Google and Apple go to War.
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#12Apple was never going to be anything other than a niche player in the personal computer marketplace, and they knew it all along. Why else would they commit so many resources to co-opting the personal music and cell phone markets? Apple has already won the wars of its choosing.
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#13The site has a ad banner with sound, very intrusive, 'congratulations, you won!', it may embarrass you if you open at work.
And the article is not worth enduring the torture (hint: use the Readability bookmarklet on such pages if you really want to read them).
thenextweb.com had been banned here before, and I think it should be again:
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#15Quote: "I'm certain this is the beginning of the end for Ubuntu and Linux"
It's funny how ex-marketing dudes, who now call themselves "social media experts", write crap just for the sake of it.
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#16Apple was never going to be anything other than a niche player in the personal computer marketplace, and they knew it all along. Why else would they commit so many resources to co-opting the personal music and cell phone markets? Apple has already won the wars of its choosing.
You mean to say that Apple is first and foremost a hardware company.
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#17Apple was never going to be anything other than a niche player in the personal computer marketplace, and they knew it all along. Why else would they commit so many resources to co-opting the personal music and cell phone markets? Apple has already won the wars of its choosing.
You mean to say that Apple is first and foremost a hardware company.
I think Apple is first and foremost an industrial design company.
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#18This is not an article. It's just some guy talking. There is not a single sentence in this post that would not be improved by asking the question "Why?"
Today saw the announcement of ... something I’ve wanted for quite some time; an ... OS with the web and Google’s services as its backbone.
Why do you want this? Is there something wrong with your current method of accessing Google's apps? What is it? What do you expect this new OS to improve?
The move by Google is sure to leave Apple and Microsoft shaking in their boots
Why?
I’m certain this is the beginning of the end for Ubuntu.
Why?
Since the increasing development and improvement of Google Apps, the increased speed of Chrome, the release of Android and now, the Google OS. I’m left torn.
Why? What do these technologies have to do with one another? Do they interoperate? What do they offer you that you didn't have before?
My current commitment to Google Apps has left me ... entertaining ideas of what it would be like to truly incorporate all my primary web services into an operating system
What would that be like? What benefit would it offer? Why do you want this?
I’m left wondering what Apple can bring to the table between now and Google’s OS release
What should they bring? What does the new Google OS offer that you think Apple should incorporate in OS X? Why would that improve it?
The point is this. As long as Google and web applications continue to improve at the rate they are, [Apple is] going to have to start thinking far more Google-like.
For love of all that's good, why?! What does it mean to think more google-like? What is wrong with how Apple is thinking now? What improvements is google making? How are those superior the improvements Apple's making (if, indeed, they are not completely orthogonal).
this is the beginning of an era of Google dominance, the likes of which we’ve never seen before
Why?
The company is slowly but surely taking over every aspect of our lives ... for some its scary, for me... I’m excited.
Why?
And for now at least, the one company I want to see step up to Google’s surge in dominance is Apple
W-H-Y?
and I predict they will, but its not going to be easy.
Predictably: why?
I propose a new rule. If you're considering posting something to HN, think how a fifth grade teacher would mark it up. If there would be more red than black on the page by the end, maybe give it a miss?