[THIN] Re: Oracle buys Sun
- From: "Douglas A. Brown" <dbrown@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:00:06 -0400
I agree but that is where I think people are missing the point. The
iPhone is what it is today but in the future will it be the same? I
don't think so. I see the iPhone as a portable divide to carry your
stuff and then when you doc it it will add itself to devices that extend
it. Sort of like a memory card for an Xbox controller but much more
powerful. Once this is possible, and I've been markups in Mac mags,
then the iPhone is not just a portable player but can be used as a full
blown computer / game console. The "dock" is what adds the extra
graphics power, extensibility and much more.
I think the iPhone is a game changer in so many ways and many people
just don't think about. That is one reason I see the Citrix iPhone
client as useful, in the future. This is what Citrix (Chris Fleck) is
thinking and why they spent so much time on the iPhone client. They
think it is the start of something much bigger. I totally agree, even
though I still want a flipping good mac client. I hope they will
surprise us with one at Synergy. I doubt it though... :(
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Joe Shonk
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 9:57 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Oracle buys Sun
Every device has its purpose. The iPhone is great for games on the go
but if you really want to play games (COD, GoW, Halo, Fallout, etc) then
get an XBOX.
Joe
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Nick Smith
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 5:28 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: Oracle buys Sun
Except...Apple don't get games. The one thing (Well, alright, price as
well) preventing Apple form winning the domestic computers wars is that
they have (relatively) few games. If you are a hardcore gamer of any
sort then you are on consoles or PC. Steve jobs stood up recently and
said something along the lines of 'The i-phone is the best gaming device
out there'...which is true if the sort of games you play require minimal
interaction, which massively limits what you can actually do. Which is
why the vast bulk of i-Phone games are playable for 5 minutes of fun but
no more.
HE just doesn't get it. If he did, Apple would have had a games
division beating the pants off Microsoft, and be actively encouraging eg
MMORPGs to port to Apple instead of X-Box.
Add Nintendo - who really really do get games (Even more than Sony or
Microsoft), and some amazing things could happen.
<Ducks, expecting head to be chopped off>
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Douglas A. Brown
Sent: 21 April 2009 05:24
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Oracle buys Sun
now that would be cool but can't apple just turn the iPhone in to the
wii? they don't need Nintendo, do they? heck, with the 3.0 release
of the iPhone will come new rights for ISVs which allows them to create
more detailed plug-in for the iPhone. For example, someone will be
able to create a blood pressure reader and have it plug directory in to
the bottom of the iPhone. OR, they could create a steering wheel, joy
sticks, all sorts of stuff as now you have the ability to plug in to the
device, where currently we can't do that. Imagine a box, like the old
Atari where you just slap the iPhone in the box uses it but also has its
own added processing and graphics power. Other than the games I don't
see why they would want Nintendo. Maybe customer base but come on,
Apple has EVERY one, except for the Gates and Ballmer families, as
customers in some way.
I think the iPhone 3.0 will really change a lot. It will be flipping
cool to see the devices people make for it. I can think of a slew. The
box is open with 3.0 OS and the SDK... (almost, I want background
processes but then that would destroy battery life and I would love to
see Apple open the app store but then they have to bend over for ATT&T,
which I find funny. ATT&T should do what Apple wants vs. the other.
DB
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Greg Reese
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:12 AM
To: Thin
Subject: [THIN] Re: Oracle buys Sun
I still want to see Apple buy nintendo. The wii joins the appletv,
iPhone and ds combine. Nintendo game downloads on iTunes.
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 20, 2009, at 10:14 PM, "Douglas A. Brown" <dbrown@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I agree with you Steve. Oracle is one of the biggest funders
and participants in the Xen open source project, and many others... I
have a good friend that works there now, in the Oracle VM group, and he
is constantly telling me how much they love open-source...
I think this is a very interesting buy. However, I wish
Microsoft would have bought them and just shut them down. I wish Gates
would have spent his money (billions) on just buying up all the
competition... lol... A billion here, 5 billion there... I'm a PC.
LOL!
DB
Douglas A. Brown
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Greenberg
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 11:09 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Oracle buys Sun
I seriously doubt Oracle will kill long standing OPEN SOURCE
projects!!
Steve Greenberg
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Reese
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 5:02 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Oracle buys Sun
You can kiss MySQL goodbye too. IBM might try to take over
OpenOffice if possible.
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms
<jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sorry here is the link to the press release
http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/018363
Jim Kenzig
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On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Jim Kenzig <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
This is so terrible in so many ways. I proclaim Java to be on
its deathbed. Openoffice will die a slow death also. My Sun severs are
weeping.
Jim Kenzig
Please excuse any typos.
Sent from my iPod
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