Re:Gmail Sidesteps the App Store
by jacobolus on Friday April 17, 2009 @01:36PM
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> jobs was selling what he had available at the moment, which only makes sense.<
What's your point? No one in this thread ever suggested otherwise.
> the oft-repeated refrain that "jobs said web apps were good enough" is mean-spirited and wrong. i suppose it's so often repeated because people felt he was being deceitful or patronizing at wwdc 2007, <
He did say that, and he was being patronizing. Many (most?) informed observers were able to figure out that Apple would probably allow native apps as soon as they were ready, and that the official Apple line was a load of bull.
Also, how is it mean spirited? It's neither malicious nor petty to simply call a spade a spade.
What's your point? No one in this thread ever suggested otherwise.
> the oft-repeated refrain that "jobs said web apps were good enough" is mean-spirited and wrong. i suppose it's so often repeated because people felt he was being deceitful or patronizing at wwdc 2007, <
He did say that, and he was being patronizing. Many (most?) informed observers were able to figure out that Apple would probably allow native apps as soon as they were ready, and that the official Apple line was a load of bull.
Also, how is it mean spirited? It's neither malicious nor petty to simply call a spade a spade.