Comments on: Microsoft Learns the Wrong Lesson from Apple http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/09/02/microsoft-learns-the-wrong-lesson-from-apple/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:23:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Wynnefield http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/09/02/microsoft-learns-the-wrong-lesson-from-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-791104 Wynnefield Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:50:10 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2922#comment-791104 not quite sure i understand the author's statement ... "[potentially give] users the feeling that they don’t actually own the applications they’re using." they don't own them!?! any application i am aware of is "licensed", or leased, from the developer and/or authoring company. not quite sure i understand the author’s statement … “[potentially give] users the feeling that they don’t actually own the applications they’re using.”

they don’t own them!?! any application i am aware of is “licensed”, or leased, from the developer and/or authoring company.

]]> By: Tyssen http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/09/02/microsoft-learns-the-wrong-lesson-from-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-790293 Tyssen Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:40:40 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2922#comment-790293 Anona, I suggest you read <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/puttingourhotheadstogether" rel="nofollow">this</a>. Anona, I suggest you read this.

]]> By: Anona http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/09/02/microsoft-learns-the-wrong-lesson-from-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-790107 Anona Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:00:11 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2922#comment-790107 "Google has indicated that their Android marketplace will be wide open" How wide? Are you really that naive to think that phone carriers will allow apps for tethering, VOIP, live TV, etc., that directly compete with their own services? Grow up. “Google has indicated that their Android marketplace will be wide open”

How wide?

Are you really that naive to think that phone carriers will allow apps for tethering, VOIP, live TV, etc., that directly compete with their own services?

Grow up.

]]> By: derekerdmann http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/09/02/microsoft-learns-the-wrong-lesson-from-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-790028 derekerdmann Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:19:56 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2922#comment-790028 I don't believe that Microsoft is even going to try to be as restrictive as Apple is with their marketplace. It would be impossible to close things now, since Windows Mobile has been open for so long. It makes perfect sense for Microsoft to try to put all of the applications available for Windows Mobile in one place for their users. They've already tried to do this with the Windows Marketplace. Instead of having applications scattered all over the internet, everything will be organized and simplified, with one payment gateway for commercial apps. I don’t believe that Microsoft is even going to try to be as restrictive as Apple is with their marketplace. It would be impossible to close things now, since Windows Mobile has been open for so long. It makes perfect sense for Microsoft to try to put all of the applications available for Windows Mobile in one place for their users. They’ve already tried to do this with the Windows Marketplace. Instead of having applications scattered all over the internet, everything will be organized and simplified, with one payment gateway for commercial apps.

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