Re:Daring Fireball: Android Opportunity Addenda
by ZeroGravitas on Thursday August 20, 2009 @08:55AM
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I've never liked the argument that "the iPhone will fail because it's just like the Mac and that lost to Windows".
I see even less to recommend the argument that "Android will fail because it's just like Windows (which everyone uses and makes buckets of money)"
Of course I note Gruber defines success in his own terms: "where by “work” I mean “produce a phone and software platform with a state-of-the-art user experience”"
But how many people actually care about that? (Don't get me wrong, I do, but I'm not going to make or break the success of any platform by my purchasing decisions alone.)
I see even less to recommend the argument that "Android will fail because it's just like Windows (which everyone uses and makes buckets of money)"
Of course I note Gruber defines success in his own terms: "where by “work” I mean “produce a phone and software platform with a state-of-the-art user experience”"
But how many people actually care about that? (Don't get me wrong, I do, but I'm not going to make or break the success of any platform by my purchasing decisions alone.)