On Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:31:24 -0400, Warp wrote:

>   The Android side has also one big problem that the Apple side lacks
> basically completely: When you buy an app, you can't be sure that it
> will run properly in your device. You see, Android has the same problem
> as desktop PCs: There are approximately a million different
> "Android-compatible" platforms out there, from numerous different
> manufacturers. Some of them are more powerful, some less powerful.
> Whether the App will work properly in your specific device is a game of
> chance. It certainly doesn't help that the market is flooded with
> low-quality devices made for cheap.

Of course Android has that same problem - Apple tightly controls their 
platforms.  That can increase the quality of the products offered, but at 
the same time, their dev agreement allegedly is one of the more draconian 
agreements out there.

Apple's approach to computing is different than everyone else's - they 
want to make appliances.  That's fine, good for them.  Not everyone 
*wants* computing "appliances".

Jim

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