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An April's fool joke that is not so funny today

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Re: An April's fool joke that is not so funny today

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Post by KirinDave »

rimantas wrote: post #20
lwhi wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Come on - lighten up. It's an article which lampoons the behaviour of Apple. Apple are engaging in protectionist behaviour - the development of iHTML would be the extreme conclusion of this trend. It's relevant today, because their recent (anti-Adobe) behaviour is a nod towards the extreme behaviour described in the piece.

It is still not funny. First, because HTML is very wrong choice there: Apple is the juggernaut behind it (with Google's help). Second, this is really really old, I don'e even remember when I first heard the joke about Apple cars.

Don't try and fight it. Ive discovered that the majority here likes unfunny things in the name of April Fools. There are just some geek rallying flags they will not back down from.

For example, you could get front page time with almost any xkcd post with a pithy title, even if its one of the least funny xkcds ever. It is a geek rallying flag and many people here will not concede it. April fools is Always Funny! xkcd is Always Funny!

Re: An April's fool joke that is not so funny today

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Post by generalk »

No, it's still as funny as it ever was.

Look, Apple has a well-known stance on how you can program the iP[od|hone|ad]. Nobody's forcing you to use it or code for it.

Best thing to do if you don't like it? Buy a different mobile device, and if you're of the developer persuasion, write the best software for it you can.

Re: An April's fool joke that is not so funny today

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Post by roofone »

nihilocrat wrote: post #25
lwhi wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think I've ever heard a joke about Apple cars.

It's not really a joke, but it might be a reference to an analogy in Neal Stephenson's essay "In the Beginning was the Command Line" ( http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html ) where he compares Windows, Mac, and Linux to car dealerships. I haven't read it in a long while but I think the Windows dealership sells crappy and lame station wagons that everyone buys anyways, Linux sells battle tanks that you have to a…

And BeOS was the batmobile.

Re: An April's fool joke that is not so funny today

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Post by ilike »

wallflower wrote: post #10

If Apple wins, Adobe will be forced to target HTML5. And Flash will wither away. No other company is positioned as well as Adobe and has the intellectual capital to build a world-class HTML5 integrated development environment. However, Adobe really makes a lot of revenue from selling the servers (Flash Media Server). It is doubtful they will eat their main product line, as they are technology vegans.

Although not going to happen, an interesting situation will be Adobe not releasing mac version of its upcoming CS5. This will force Adobe technology developers and almost all mac using designers to migrate to PC.This will have a huge impact on Apple's revenue within months!

A lot of comments in Adobe vs Apple stories seem to overestimate Apple's say over internet. India is #2 in total wireless mobile connections and #4 in internet usage .Still,Apple has sold less than 4000 iphone 3G in the country.3GS was released just a week or so back in the country.

Iphone ,ipad and ipodtouch still constitute a very small percentage of global internet accessing devices. Although Apple is The-Autonomous-Authority that runs the appstore/itunes econosphere, their say over internet users/developers worldwide is infact , negligible . Local internet portals in developing economies wont have any reason to port their existing content to an iAccessible format(particularly, existing flash games).I personally dont think Apple policies can kill Flash any time soon. Apart from this, HTML5 implementation is far from cross-browser compatible as of now( File API implementation ). Flash is going to be around for a long time.

Re: An April's fool joke that is not so funny today

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Post by wallflower »

ilike wrote: post #35
wallflower wrote: post #10

If Apple wins, Adobe will be forced to target HTML5. And Flash will wither away. No other company is positioned as well as Adobe and has the intellectual capital to build a world-class HTML5 integrated development environment. However, Adobe really makes a lot of revenue from selling the servers (Flash Media Server). It is doubtful they will eat their main product line, as they are technology vegans.

Although not going to happen, an interesting situation will be Adobe not releasing mac version of its upcoming CS5. This will force Adobe technology developers and almost all mac using designers to migrate to PC.This will have a huge impact on Apple's revenue within months! A lot of comments in Adobe vs Apple stories seem to overestimate Apple's say over internet. India is #2 in total wireless mobile connections and…

> not releasing mac version of its upcoming CS5.

Almost every designer I know has pre-ordered CS5. It's not just the iPhone compilation, it's a major major suite.

> stories seem to overestimate Apple's say over internet. India is #2 in total wireless mobile connections and #4 in internet usage

What is the state of Flash usage in India like? And do you feel honestly that Indian consumers don't want devices as fancy and sophisticated as mini computers (iPhones).

India is fascinating culturally to me. The fact that beer is such a small part of the alcohol culture there - almost everyone prefers liquor. The fact that India is so diverse geographically that English is the common tongue.

Re: An April's fool joke that is not so funny today

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Post by bluedanieru »

martinpannier wrote: post #23
lwhi wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you try to genuinely fool someone after noon on 1st of April, you are the fool. The 'April Fool' label prevents that heinous possibility from occurring.

'Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.'

Where do they say that again? I think Tennessee, also in Texas but probably in Tennessee...
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