tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913439.post7012987358190109955..comments2024-02-26T11:30:05.072-08:00Comments on winterspeak.com: Google: Child of summerwinterspeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611241702356475764noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913439.post-17816855992636560022011-10-09T22:11:21.089-07:002011-10-09T22:11:21.089-07:00Nope. Closed system wouldn't help Android one...Nope. Closed system wouldn't help Android one bit.<br /><br />I hope Google doesn't *compound* its existing mistakes by making Android a closed system.<br /><br />The correct way to fix its mistakes is to displace the cellphone carriers from their position by providing Google cellphone service -- in other words, competing harder with its partners. Expensive but *highly* effective.neroden@gmailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07475686367097445497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913439.post-84902518071044645152011-08-18T10:57:21.570-07:002011-08-18T10:57:21.570-07:00ESR is still pretty the same idiot he's always...ESR is still pretty the same idiot he's always been. All these manufacturers making crappy phones and selling them with zero margins to carriers who lard them up with crappy software are going to kill Apple! Any day now!Jim Bairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515091154037683897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913439.post-6581389470765572472011-08-17T13:43:29.071-07:002011-08-17T13:43:29.071-07:00Aretae:
Great link -- thanks! esr is a true belie...Aretae:<br /><br />Great link -- thanks! esr is a true believer when it comes to open source, while I'm more agnostic (but still a fan).<br /><br />Horace makes a great point -- stack integration accelerates innovation (Theil made the same point in the context of Tesla and his space ship). This has been clearly obvious in the case of Apple's iPad & iPhone, but also frankly in their laptops which began integrating WiFi and cameras long before you saw that on the PC side.<br /><br />The question then becomes, how much value does the customer see in this integration, and that tells you what will sell.<br /><br />If you believe that the mobile space still has room for lots of valuable innovation, then an integrated provider is going to drive that (and capture rent).winterspeakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13611241702356475764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-913439.post-26798085530429539252011-08-16T16:40:34.455-07:002011-08-16T16:40:34.455-07:00Have you read esr on this one?Have you read <a href="http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=3597" rel="nofollow">esr</a> on this one?Aretaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15850678936908894274noreply@blogger.com