It's interesting how many people ***** about the iphone in general and Apple's ways of propelling the iphone to commercial success (which in turn will make a sizeable userbase, which makes it an attractive platform for developers, which will make it a thriving platform which in turn benefits the user, etc, etc, etc).
Can anyone quote me a successful completely free and open platform with sizeable userbase which everyone seems to be clamoring about? Does such thing exist?
It's interesting how many people ***** about the iphone in general and Apple's ways of propelling the iphone to commercial success (which in turn will make a sizeable userbase, which makes it an attractive platform for developers, which will make it a thriving platform which in turn benefits the user, etc, etc, etc).
Can anyone quote me a successful completely free and open platform with sizeable userbase which everyone seems to be clamoring about? Does such thing exist?
I think most Linux servers are similar. Sizable userbase being the companies that rely on said servers (and the developers being the ones who develop things for companies to use on said server).
Then again it isn't free (companies have to buy usually the hardware that it's ran on). Though neither is Apple for that matter (it's even less free).
Though really what benefit is there for us? Of course we rather see open things succeed (whether it be a NIT, Google Android, whatever, it benefits us compared to close sourced code that you'd only be able to run on Apple hardware). Compared to closed source code we'd never be privy too and if we wanted to use it, we'd have to use an Apple whatever.
So the only benefit is for those inside the loop. For those who don't like the loop to begin with, there is no benefit.
Can anyone quote me a successful completely free and open platform with sizeable userbase which everyone seems to be clamoring about? Does such thing exist?
firefox, linux, android well waiting to see success on that but everyones clamoring about it :P
