Comments on: Enter the iPad http://atomac.aucs.com.au/archives/549 The world according to Andrew Sat, 3 Apr 2010 07:38:06 +1000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Atomac http://atomac.aucs.com.au/archives/549/comment-page-1#comment-6417 Atomac Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:34:04 +0000 http://atomac.aucs.com.au/?p=549#comment-6417 Sure you can be Bruce Lee and David - both small against a giant foe. Though I mustn't mix metaphors. I see Microsoft as the Greem Yamo if you ever played the Spectrum/C64 version of Bruce Lee. A company's size oughtn't determine whether we love/hate it, rather it is how it behaves. Microsoft's capacity for imitation and its sharp practices against competitors (whither Netscape) put it in the role of the bad guy almost every time. Apple are not perfect but they are yet to sink to a level that would make me question their fundamental morality as a company. Sure you can be Bruce Lee and David – both small against a giant foe. Though I mustn’t mix metaphors. I see Microsoft as the Greem Yamo if you ever played the Spectrum/C64 version of Bruce Lee.

A company’s size oughtn’t determine whether we love/hate it, rather it is how it behaves. Microsoft’s capacity for imitation and its sharp practices against competitors (whither Netscape) put it in the role of the bad guy almost every time. Apple are not perfect but they are yet to sink to a level that would make me question their fundamental morality as a company.

]]> By: Tim http://atomac.aucs.com.au/archives/549/comment-page-1#comment-6416 Tim Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:27:27 +0000 http://atomac.aucs.com.au/?p=549#comment-6416 Interesting read, Andrew. There's a part of me that craves an iPad now - the part of me that says things like "ooh, shiny" - though I believe we'll be a couple of models/firmware upgrades down the line before it's as good as anyone wants it to be. Just a thought, though. Surely once you're Bruce Lee, you no longer get to be David in the David and Goliath analogy? Have Apple become big enough yet that we should hate them for being a nasty big corporation? Interesting read, Andrew. There’s a part of me that craves an iPad now – the part of me that says things like “ooh, shiny” – though I believe we’ll be a couple of models/firmware upgrades down the line before it’s as good as anyone wants it to be. Just a thought, though. Surely once you’re Bruce Lee, you no longer get to be David in the David and Goliath analogy? Have Apple become big enough yet that we should hate them for being a nasty big corporation?

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