Tuesday, September 18, 2012

[Avid-L2] Re: Semi-OT: No future in hardware anymore

 

Monopolies suck no mater who runs them.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "bouke" <bouke@...> wrote:
>
> Well, to top that, on the latest os you need to set a switch to allow non
> apple approaved apps to run. (this means all my work...)
> Next version the button might be buried deeper, and in a few years it might
> be gone.
> This reminds me of Max Headroom ("Hey, an OFF button. He could get 20 years
> just for that!")
> It also reminds me of tourches and Apple HQ (i don't have a passport
> anymore, so it won't be me (or at least i've got an alibi).)
>
> Bouke
>
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> van Oldenbarneveltstraat 33
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terence Curren" <tcurren@...>
> To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 3:16 PM
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: Semi-OT: No future in hardware anymore
>
>
> It could be over for software resellers also. If Apple forces developers to
> feel through the app store on it's next system upgrade, they instantly kill
> resellers. And before you say they would never do that, have you bought a
> copy of FCPX at your local VAR lately?
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Job ter Burg (L2B)" <Job_L2@> wrote:
> >
> > "if your company sells hardware today, your business model is essentially
> > over."
> >
> > http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/15/hardware-is-dead/
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
>

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