[opendtv] Re: Apple could face antitrust probe over Flash
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 12:47:49 -0400
At 9:55 AM -0500 5/5/10, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
I also have a hard time understanding how "antitrust" might apply
here. More like, an overbearing attitude at Apple. There's no law
against being overbearing. As always, the fault is with the customer
base. Show Apple how you dislike their decision by not buying the
damned thing. Stop being such wusses.
Obviously a very large number of people are not Apple Fan Boys.
I think it is rather obvious that Apple is not exhibiting any
monopolistic behavior, at least at this point. But this is a very
important inflection point for the future of ALL computing platforms
and devices.
IMHO, Apple has every right to impose limits on developers,
especially if the developers GOAL is to design applications that run
and look the same on EVERY mobile device.
Apparently, there is no shortage of App developers who WANT to be on
the iDevices. What we are hearing is from those who are heavily
vested in FLASH and would like to continue down that path rather than
retooling/relearning for HTML5.
I think the real issue here is how to slow the pace of innovation at
Apple, and the pace at which legacy platforms and products like FLASH
decline. Most of the noise is coming from PC Fan Boys who thought
that the Wintel platform would dominate for ever.
And as I noted a few days ago, there is another perspective in all of
this - the customers.
There is a reason that the Mac is increasing market share and the
iDevices are selling like hot cakes. People find the ownership
experience to be significantly better than what has come before, and
many like the limits and controls that Apple places on their
ecosystem - especially parents who want a degree of control over what
their kids have access to.
Regards
Craig
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