Henry Ford 1908 – Steve Jobs 2010
by Justin Horn on Apr 30th, 2010 @ 1:44 amIn 1908 Henry Ford believed horses and steam engines were the past and wanted to create a new type of light engine (internal combustion). In 2010 Steve Jobs drops Flash to support HTML5, which he believes is the future of the web.
Love this section from Henry Ford’s press release:
All the wise people demonstrated conclusively that the engine could not compete with steam. They never thought that it might carve out a career for itself. That is the way with wise people – they are so wise and practical that they always know to a dot just why something cannot be done; they always know the limitations.
Wonder how many people though Ford was crazy at the time?
Henry Ford’s 1908 open letter on engines (image version / text version)
Steve Jobs 2010 open letter on the web and flash
(via @gruber)
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Guy who found the 4th gen iPhone revealed
by Justin Horn on Apr 29th, 2010 @ 6:34 pm
Wired is reporting:
As it turns out, the person who sold the iPhone 4G to Giz for $5 grand is just a regular 21 year old dude from Redwood City, California. And his name is Brian Hogan. Though Apple was aware of the perp’s identity even before the Police went a knockin’ on his door, his name remained a mystery until Wired was able to deduce that Hogan, pictured above, was indeed the the catalyst behind what was arguably the biggest gadget scoop in history.
The person who found the phone “is very definitely one of the people who is being looked at as a suspect in theft,” San Mateo County Chief Deputy District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe told Wired.com Wednesday. “Assuming there’s ultimately a crime here. That’s what we’re still gauging, is this a crime, is it a theft?”
He’s already got a lawyer…good idea.
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What Steve Jobs does to old technologies, the death of Mac OS9
by Justin Horn on Apr 29th, 2010 @ 3:58 pmI would love to see them do this to flash at the WWDC 2010.
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Apple vs ?, Humor, OSX
Adobe CEO responds to Steve Jobs open letter
by Justin Horn on Apr 29th, 2010 @ 3:21 pmWSJ has an exclusive interview with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen:
The Journal’s Alan Murray will have an exclusive interview with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen at about 2:35 p.m. Eastern, and Digits will live-blog the event. Excerpts of the video are set to be available on the News Hub live show at 4 p.m., with the full video to follow.
Here are some gems from Narayen (from the live blog):
The technology problems that Mr. Jobs mentions in his essay are “really a smokescreen,” Mr. Narayan says. He says more than 100 applications that used Adobe’s software were accepted in the App Store. “When you resort to licensing language” to restrict this sort of development, he says, it has “nothing to do with technology.”
To conclude, Mr. Narayan says he’s for “letting customers decide,” but that the multi-platform world will “eventually prevail.” And the interview wraps up.
Basically they are calling BS on Jobs, but they are just making themselves look bad. I don’t think they are going to be happy when the let the customers decide.
Adobe you have some great products, let this crappy one die already!
UPDATE Check out this comparison of Steve Jobs dropping flash to Henry Ford leaving the steam engine.
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Apple vs ?, iPad, iPhone, iPod
Adobe should focus more on creating great HTML5 tools
by Justin Horn on Apr 29th, 2010 @ 10:43 amUPDATE Check out this comparison of Steve Jobs dropping flash to Henry Ford leaving the steam engine.
Steve Jobs has just released an open letter about flash. I think this is a well timed letter, should shift the focus from the whole gizmodo thing back to Adobe vs Apple. He covers 6 main points that are always brought up about flash on mobile. I will quickly quote and summarize them:
Openness
Flash is proprietary and the web should be open, iPhone OS is not the web.
Full web
Adobe claims 75% of video on the web is in Flash, but H.264 has already come a long way and this is no longer true.
Reliability, security and performance
“Symantec recently highlighted Flash for having one of the worst security records in 2009. We also know first hand that Flash is the number one reason Macs crash.”
Battery Life
“Although Flash has recently added support for H.264, the video on almost all Flash websites currently requires an older generation decoder that is not implemented in mobile chips and must be run in software. The difference is striking: on an iPhone, for example, H.264 videos play for up to 10 hours, while videos decoded in software play for less than 5 hours before the battery is fully drained.”
Flash isn’t made for touch
“Flash was designed for PCs using mice, not for touch screens using fingers. For example, many Flash websites rely on “rollovers”, which pop up menus or other elements when the mouse arrow hovers over a specific spot. Apple’s revolutionary multi-touch interface doesn’t use a mouse, and there is no concept of a rollover. Most Flash websites will need to be rewritten to support touch-based devices. If developers need to rewrite their Flash websites, why not use modern technologies like HTML5, CSS and JavaScript?”
Using flash as an interpreter between true iPhone apps
“We know from painful experience that letting a third party layer of software come between the platform and the developer ultimately results in sub-standard apps and hinders the enhancement and progress of the platform. If developers grow dependent on third party development libraries and tools, they can only take advantage of platform enhancements if and when the third party chooses to adopt the new features. We cannot be at the mercy of a third party deciding if and when they will make our enhancements available to our developers.”
This last point is exactly what John Gruber suggested in an article 3 weeks ago, I guess this is why Steve responded to an email saying “We think John Gruber’s post is very insightful and not negative”.
Honestly there is no difference between Apple moving away from Flash and when they were the first to stop support for the floppy drive. I mean Apple is starting to scale back it’s support for firewire, a standard they helped create. Apple likes to set trends, not follow them. Even though the floppy has been dead in most peoples eyes for some years now, it’s now official: Sony Announces the Death of the Floppy Disk.
I see a similar announcement for Adobe in the not to distant future, then Gruber can “claim chowder” the “Apple is evil” crowd.
(via Mashable)
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HP buys Palm
by Justin Horn on Apr 28th, 2010 @ 4:15 pmHP has just announced that it’s acquiring Palm to the tune of $1.2 billion, which works out to $5.70 per share of Palm common stock. The deal is expected to close by July 31.
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Apples & Oranges
