Comments on: Trading masters

By: Murali Dhanakoti

Murali Dhanakoti — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:10:15 +0000

As a recent defector from Open Source Software camp, I would like to say overt OSS affiliation is no different from Mac
fanboyism. Both groups are missing an important point: a vast majority of people choose technology products based on their needs and not for idealogical/image reasons. I need a piece of software that lends a helping hand and if there is a software that does it and does it well, I don’t mind paying for it. This is the way commerce has evolved, you pay for the service or product you wish to have. I would much rather pay and have peace of mind instead of spending endless hours tweaking stuff that only the creator of the software has a good understanding about. Maybe there are folks who prefer to get their hands dirty, I wish them well, but when they look down upon me for not wishing to do what they do, I cannot help but be amused at their amateurishness.

Along these lines, iphone is an excellent product, it does exceedingly well what it is supposed to do. Overpriced? may be, but I don’t have any qualms about paying more for a phone which is genuinely useful and the fact that it is eons ahead in usability compared to my other old (Nokia) phones.

By: Luca

Luca — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:04:17 +0000

Nugnuts: Im afraid Im not that old, and even so I beg to differ! My first phone was an old Motorola from 1998, that too forever to load up, next was a V525 which was a bit quicker and now I have an LG Prada which just works after showing the splash screen for a couple of seconds – even so I get your point, phones today have everything and more, whats wrong with a phone that just lets you talk and possibly even text?

By: xabbott

xabbott — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:57:08 +0000

The iPhone isn’t just a phone anymore. It’s probably one of the best mobile computers. It’s easy to use and works very well.
The vast majority will never care about software freedoms, until you realize that you may never understand.

By: nugnuts

nugnuts — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:10:39 +0000

Remember back in the day when you didn’t have to wait for your phone to boot up before using it?

By: Raden Mu'az

Raden Mu'az — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:42:17 +0000

Uhh… We only buy/use stuff that we really need with no unwanted feature.

For instance,
I use:
Windows for games, MS Word, etc,
Mac because it is cool, Unix, multimedia, virusless, etc,
Linux because it is free and its outstanding customizability desktop.
AMD because Intel is boycotted product although it is lamer(http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-intel.html)
ATi because it is cheaper than NVIDIA and I’m not hardcore gamer,
etc etc etc

By: James

James — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:57:07 +0000

Yeah, you Japanese people get all the fun technology before we do.

Over here in the US however, it’s a really big deal because there weren’t any phones even remotely similar which worked on US networks before the iPhone came along.

US Cell-phone providers are still rather strict, boring, and monolithic; but now the iPhone has also opened up the doors for Google and friends to have a fighting chance with Android. Even if one don’t like the iPhone specifically, Apple’s success is actually doing a world of good for cell phone network openness over here.