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.
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From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Douglas A. Brown
Sent: 21 April 2009 05:24
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@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] 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.
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On Apr 20, 2009, at 10:14 PM, "Douglas A. Brown" <dbrown@dabcc.com> 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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From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Steve Greenberg
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 11:09 PM
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Subject: [THIN] Re: Oracle buys Sun
I seriously doubt Oracle will kill long standing OPEN SOURCE projects!!
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From: thin-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:thin-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Greg Reese
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 5:02 PM
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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@gmail.com> wrote:
Sorry here is the link to the press release
http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/018363
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On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Jim Kenzig <jkenzig@gmail.com> 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
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
[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@officeanyplace.com> wrote:
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