Comments on: Microsoft and the iPad http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/02/04/microsoft-and-the-ipad/ The INOV8 blog tracks the latest news and trends in technology and innovation throughout the world. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:31:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Doug Ward http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/02/04/microsoft-and-the-ipad/#comment-1126 Doug Ward Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:08:40 +0000 http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=885#comment-1126 It's sad about Microsoft. They are a great American company, but nowadays their products stink and their future is looking bleaker by the day. Their software and operating systems are overpriced, barely-usable junk, and the company seems to be institutionally incapable of fixing it due to their arrogance and corporate turf wars. Most Windows users would be better off switching to Macs, whether they're experts or casual users. Meanwhile, we've got about three qualified Mac/iPhone/iPod/iPad programmers in Central Arkansas, while Windows programmers are a dime-a-dozen. The Apple platforms should be a fresh opportunity for local software developers. We'll see a growing demand for local iPhone/iPad apps over time, and that trend should accelerate after we get an Apple Store in Little Rock. I'll speculate that we'll get an Apple Store here after Verizon starts selling iPhones later this year. It’s sad about Microsoft. They are a great American company, but nowadays their products stink and their future is looking bleaker by the day. Their software and operating systems are overpriced, barely-usable junk, and the company seems to be institutionally incapable of fixing it due to their arrogance and corporate turf wars. Most Windows users would be better off switching to Macs, whether they’re experts or casual users.

Meanwhile, we’ve got about three qualified Mac/iPhone/iPod/iPad programmers in Central Arkansas, while Windows programmers are a dime-a-dozen. The Apple platforms should be a fresh opportunity for local software developers. We’ll see a growing demand for local iPhone/iPad apps over time, and that trend should accelerate after we get an Apple Store in Little Rock. I’ll speculate that we’ll get an Apple Store here after Verizon starts selling iPhones later this year.

]]> By: John Gatehouse http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/02/04/microsoft-and-the-ipad/#comment-1123 John Gatehouse Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:12:46 +0000 http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=885#comment-1123 I work in the retail side of the industry and have got used to Microsoft running all things to their benefit and to the detriment of the purchaser. They are now faced with competition from Google and Apple which will only increase in strength; already they have no tools to fight these companies as they have spent too many years blindly trying to monopolise the market. I work in the retail side of the industry and have got used to Microsoft running all things to their benefit and to the detriment of the purchaser. They are now faced with competition from Google and Apple which will only increase in strength; already they have no tools to fight these companies as they have spent too many years blindly trying to monopolise the market.

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