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Isn't history repeating with the mobile OS?

by skowmunk on 11/10/10, 2:15 PM with 5 comments

Windows beat Apple to market share by involving a whole bunch of customers,licensing out the product, involving a whole bunch of potential partners in the development process.

Isn't the same thing happening with the Iphone and Android? Apple is still bessotted with control, and Android is riding on the shoulders of a half a dozen equipment partners.

Whom do you think will be ahead 5 years down?

  • by davidw on 11/10/10, 2:21 PM

    I prefer Android to the rest because it's the most open of the bunch, but I'd actually like to see 'the web' win out on phones in relatively short order... it's just easier to work with for us developers, in many ways.

  • by ericb on 11/10/10, 3:51 PM

    The per-click ad prices for ads that aren't much more targeted than your average banner ad remind me of banner ad prices during the internet gold rush.

  • by andrewtbham on 11/10/10, 8:18 PM

    i think this time around apple will stay competitive as long as steve jobs is there... especially once they get on other carriers.