[opendtv] Re: Nine ways Apple, Inc. just changed the landscape of consumer electronics

  • From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:05:27 -0800

Games is the only area that they really tried.  Somehow, you're ignoring
Windows Mobile in cell phones.  Funny how I can write code in Visual Basic
and have it run in all Windows products, even cell phones.

John Willkie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Craig Birkmaier
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 5:32 AM
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: Nine ways Apple, Inc. just changed the landscape of
> consumer electronics
> 
> At 12:14 PM -0800 1/11/07, Kon Wilms wrote:
> >And to add to this 'iTV is $299, nothing will match it':
> >
> ><http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?pfp=cat3&product_code=3
> 41979&Pn=Aspire_ASL310_EC352M_Minitower>http://www.compusa.com/products/pr
> oduct_info.asp?pfp=cat3&product_code=341979&Pn=Aspire_ASL310_EC352M_Minito
> wer
> >
> >$319. Size of a STB. With a full OS + Media Center. Plus, we all
> >know that CompUSA is not the cheapest...
> >
> >Cheers
> >Kon
> 
> Yes, but it runs Windows.
> 
> Microsoft can steal features, but they still don't know how to make
> everything work seamlessly and reliably.
> 
> There's a reason Apple dropped computer from their name. Microsoft
> has failed in every effort to export their business computing
> monopoly into the consumer space except for games...
> 
> Regard
> Craig
> 
> 
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