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Comment on Pinnacle by Aoife Porter

Aoife Porter — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:40:28 +0000

Tommy, this is very beautiful, almost justifies the empty development!!

Comment on Apple Tablet – it’s all about content by TommyW

TommyW — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:01:20 +0000

One other factor which has emerged in various discussions is the ‘third’ version of OS X.

There’s already three, OS X, OS Touch and OS Server. There will be a variant, close to OS Touch, as I see it, for a new tablet.

What occurred to me tonight was the AppleTV. Apple have already a single purpose device in the AppleTV, it’s sole role is to view content of various forms. I think the tablet may end up borrowing a portion of the software if it does, actually it may end up completely replacing it.

Comment on Apple Tablet – it’s all about content by TommyW

TommyW — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:10:00 +0000

Lots of interesting speculation over on Ars by John Siracusa
http://arstechnica.com/staff/fatbits/2010/01/antacid-tablet.ars

and Daring Fireball by John Gruber
http://daringfireball.net/2009/12/the_tablet

Comment on Whatever happened to Computer Art? by Tiny Planet » Apple Tablet – it’s all about content

Tiny Planet » Apple Tablet – it’s all about content — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:26:41 +0000

[...] could even end up being the device where that old dream of computer art actually takes place. Posted by TommyW » [...]

Comment on Software as the key artform of the 21st Century by Apple Tablet – it’s all about content : TinyPlanet.eu

Apple Tablet – it’s all about content : TinyPlanet.eu — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:22:53 +0000

[...] begin to fully explore the fact that, given that all content is digital now, they are ultimately the shapers of how that content is communicated to all those people on all those [...]

Comment on One Billion Apps by Apple Tablet – it’s all about content : TinyPlanet.eu

Apple Tablet – it’s all about content : TinyPlanet.eu — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:20:11 +0000

[...] blogged here before about the shift with the App Store. A fundamental change between how ordinary people and applications interact. People feel about apps [...]

Comment on The Morphing of Interactivity… by Software as the key artform of the 21st Century : TinyPlanet.eu

Software as the key artform of the 21st Century : TinyPlanet.eu — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:43:54 +0000

[...] – Earlier thoughts on software here and here. [...]

Comment on Whatever happened to Computer Art? by Software is the key artform of the 21st Century : TinyPlanet.eu

Software is the key artform of the 21st Century : TinyPlanet.eu — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:39:06 +0000

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Comment on Choosing unpopular software by Tommy

Tommy — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:52:30 +0000

> It does not try to emulate windows

No, I don’t ever envisage that…

Comment on Choosing unpopular software by rory

rory — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:20:37 +0000

“It’s kind of wild how Apple is viewed with 10% of market share. Hardly the market leader.”

Well, that’s in the OS market. In smartphones it’s got more than 50% of the market, nobody else comes close to that. and don’t even get me started on plain iPods. I know people who scratch their heads when you say mp3 player but suddenly know what u mean when you say iPod. In terms of smartphones and media players, apple is the market leader, by a long long way. That’s what drives me away I think. I want to support the underdog of phones and media players. and more than that, I want something with open formats and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

On the OS market I would never see Apple as the leader, and I don’t know if they ever will be. I think the future will be windows, followed by linux, followed by apple, although I think it’ll be a bit closer, maybe 50/30/20%.

Windows doesn’t deserve to be on top right now, but they have the advantage that Windows is what 90% of people know.

Linux emulates the windows experience quite well, and often makes things familiar to windows users (open office is a good example). Its also free, which is a huge plus.

Mac OS on the other hand, while easy to use, is deliberately different from windows. It does not try to emulate windows, and it costs a good bit more to get the Mac experience.