This was a really quick trip. I got up this morning at 4:00 am and got to the airport for my flight to Boston. After I meeting downtown and a few beer with friends, I headed back to the airport to go home. It’s 7:00 pm now and the flight has been delayed by one hour.
Now that Apple has effectively killed third-party application development for the iPhone, its competitors are touting how open they are. And you know what, it’s a damn good strategy for them to take.
Nokia and Microsoft have both come out saying that they are open and that’s the best way to be. “We believe the best devices have no limits. That’s why we’ve left the Nokia NSeries open. Open to applications. Open to Widgets. Open to anything,” says the homepage of Nokia’s new Web site.
Now before anyone gets all pissed off and starts sending me friggin’ email that I’ll delete, think about this. Apple had a whole community of people writing applications for the iPhone and it didn’t have to support them at all. What was the one thing Apple did do for them? Kick them in the teeth.
I am so good at it. See here. The sad part is, I don’t write the stuff to make them mad, but they want to torture me anyway.
Loses that is. The Bruins lost its last preseason game to the Islanders last night 4-2. I’m really hoping this is not the way the season is going to unfold.
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