[THIN] Re: Oracle buys Sun

  • From: "Joe Shonk" <joe.shonk@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:56:58 -0700

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
CEO and Founder

Microsoft MVP, Windows Server 
Citrix Technology Professional 

DABCC, Inc.

Phone:    (954) 778-9558
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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!!

 

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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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