[OT] Mac App Store

[Chipp Walters]

One more thing. This isn't about OS wars. At least not from the perspective
I believe you may be talking about.

While I certainly don't agree with Steve on many issues, and one may infer
he may be Satan, he's a much smarter Satan than anyone else-- by far.

Just look at how weak the competition is in consumer computing. Couple of
years ago Microsoft acquired Danger and the Sidekick platform. They work
embellishing it for two years, then admist moderate hoopla, they release the
new KIM- a social network phone. It  sells-- what-- 500 units it's first
month? Can anyone seriously even think Apple could eFF that up as bad? Heck,
Apple can rebrand a steaming pile of you know what and sell more than 500
units in a month.

No, as long a Balmer's at the helm, MS will NEVER be able to compete in the
consumer arena outside of Windows and Office. Period. Peter will be angry
because soon it will be called the "Balmer principle."

And Google is like your idiot uncle who just happened to strike oil while
planting a Mary Jane garden out back. Uncle Google is so very rich and
throws money at anything and everything (except when it comes to paying
taxes. <
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-21/google-2-4-rate-shows-how-60-billion-u-s-revenue-lost-to-tax-loopholes.html
>).

Google's not interested in charging consumers for anything, because if it's
free, they don't have to support it. They've changed Google DOCS, actually
REMOVING features so it's no longer compatible with earlier vesions without
so much as a single focus group. And speaking of Google Docs, you still
can't edit them on an Android, which has been out for THREE YEARS. I guess
working on web apps does take longer. And the Android platform is another
'stellar' product "not yet ready for tablets" by their own admission. I
guess Apple snuck up on Google with the iPad. Maybe Google should get their
own RSS feed of Engadget, or Gizmodo.

The thought of a Google store scares Shcmidt probably about as much as the
tax man does right about now.  They haven't had a significant upgrade to
Gmail, or SketchUp or any of their products in so long (other than the
downgrade on GDocs), it's scary.

Nope, Google is a bunch of rich kids playing with toys, trying to invent
crap *like Wave* and hoping it catches on so they can sell more ads. HP and
others are starting to finally understand, Google won't help them compete
against the careful and well thought strategies from Stevie and Apple.

Steve's presentation last week was a marvel to behold. Each time he reveals
only a bit more of the master plan to control the universe, which is looking
more and more like it can't fail. Especially with the willing fans Apple
has. The single flaw in the strategy is Steve's own mortality.

Furthermore, does anyone really see a threat of a MS AppStore or a Google
AppStore? Heck no-- because we all KNOW neither could ever pull it off. But
Apple-- that's different.

On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 4:46 AM, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macmail at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ah, been extremely busy of late and have a brief moment to visit the List
> to
> discover nothing has changed, the old OS wars continues lightly disguised
> as
> Steve is Satan discussion.