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Agreed. Microsoft tried to create a closed system, but they were prevented by governments worried about them consolidating their power forever. Now, we are face
by brianmcdonough 13y ago
Agreed. Microsoft tried to create a closed system, but they were prevented by governments worried about them consolidating their power forever. Now, we are faced with two closed systems fighting for power, ios and android. Companies like facebook talk about their "mobile moment" the time when their presences on closed systems eclipsed their presence on an open system, the Internet.
I long for a time when data flowed freely along pipes and tubes.
- amaks 13y agoHow can we be certain that a stronger, with a strong developer engagement, Microsoft will not start creating proprietary closed systems and protocols again, siloing open systems into a closed ones (by using its embrace and extend tactics)?
- marshray 13y agoDisclosure: developer at Microsoft. Microsoft is a big place. I predict we're going to continue to create and ship new stuff, and it will vary in all degrees of 'open'. But in my experience as a 3rd party outside developer, it's pretty rare that stronger engagement leads to things being more closed.
- konspence 13y agoI'm not entirely sure I agree that Android is closed. Sure, distros of it seem closed - but the project itself is open source.
- Tmmrn 13y ago> Microsoft tried to create a closed system, but they were prevented by governments worried about them consolidating their power forever. Now, we are faced with two closed systems fighting for power, ios and android. Am I in opposite world? People want microsoft software on their mobile devices because an open source OS is too "closed"? I would believe what you actually want is an alternative to google apps on android...