[THIN] Re: Oracle buys Sun

  • From: "Douglas A. Brown" <dbrown@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:24:07 -0400

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

         

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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 
        Blog: http://www.techblink.com
        Twitter: http://twitter.com/kenzig
        Twitter: http://twitter.com/InternetPilot

        
         

        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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