[THIN] Re: Oracle buys Sun
- From: Jason Patten <jasoncitrix@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:59:18 -0400
I would love to see the iPhone officially be available to other Carriers.
If they could do that then it would explode even more. Being locked into
AT&T is not a good thing for them. I currently only have an iPod Touch so I
have to wait till I am near a WiFi but still is pretty cool.
With Skype and a plugged in Earpiece / Microphone I can use it as a phone
(as long as I am near wifi).
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 4:45 AM, Andrew Wood
<andrew.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Until the iphone gets security that is better than covering its eyes with
> its hands and saying ‘you can’t see me’ and can last till at least tea time
> it’s not going to be that portable wallet
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> And personally I wish the iphone would stop doing games – because every
> time I get on a tube I appear to end up playing FlightControl for 40 mins
> regardless of whether my journey actually lasts that long L
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> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Douglas A. Brown
> *Sent:* 21 April 2009 20:00
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> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: Oracle buys Sun
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> 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.
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> 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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> *Douglas A. Brown
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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
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> 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.
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> Joe
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> *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.
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>
> Add Nintendo – who really really do get games (Even more than Sony or
> Microsoft), and some amazing things could happen.
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> <Ducks, expecting head to be chopped off>
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> *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.
>
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> 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.
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> DB
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>
> *Douglas A. Brown
> *CEO and Founder
>
> Microsoft MVP, Windows Server
> Citrix Technology Professional
> *
> *DABCC, Inc.
>
> Phone: (954) 778-9558
> Fax: (941) 827-9073
>
> E-mail: dbrown@xxxxxxxxx
>
> LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/dabcc
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> Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/douglasabrown
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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!
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> DB
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>
>
> *Douglas A. Brown
> *CEO and Founder
>
> Microsoft MVP, Windows Server
> Citrix Technology Professional
> *
> *DABCC, Inc.
>
> Phone: (954) 778-9558
> Fax: (941) 827-9073
>
> E-mail: dbrown@xxxxxxxxx
>
> LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/dabcc
>
> Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/douglasabrown
>
> Web: http://www.dabcc.com
>
>
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> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<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
>
>
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> I seriously doubt Oracle will kill long standing OPEN SOURCE projects!!
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>
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> *Steve Greenberg*
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> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<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
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>
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> 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
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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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