[THIN] Re: Oracle buys Sun
- From: "Douglas A. Brown" <dbrown@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:02:34 -0400
It is coming but I don't think it will be for the Mac but the iPhone and
a "game console" they have at some point. They just will do it... It
only makes sense...
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Jeff Pitsch
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:14 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Oracle buys Sun
I have to agree with this. Apple should do more to court gamers. I own
a MacBook pro and I have to boot into windows everytime I want to play
something.
As for the iPhone as the best player out there, I have to laugh at that.
I'll take my Nintendo DS over that anyday for gaming.
Jeff
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Nick Smith <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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
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[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
<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.
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