Comments on: Google 2 Apple 0 http://www.sporkings.com/2010/02/google-2-apple-0/ Pretty Forking Excellent Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:04:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Dave Nattrisshttp://www.sporkings.com/2010/02/google-2-apple-0/comment-page-1/#comment-277 Dave Nattriss Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:25:47 +0000 http://www.sporkings.com/?p=1076#comment-277 Unfair comment on the blue screen of death - that only exists because Windows can be run on thousands and thousands of different PC configurations, which can be built by vendors like Dell or HP, or custom built by users themselves by buying the individual components - i.e. it's impossible to have it running smoothly on every possible combination of hardware.<br><br>Will Apple let you install Mac OS or iPhone OS on your own choice of hardware? No, not at all. Can Android be run on any mobile phone? No. Give Microsoft a break here, Windows 7 is an awesome product and unlike OS X, all service updates and patches for it will be free. Apple charge you every time there's a new feline-named release.<br><br>You are right, Apple are the antithesis of Google when it comes to being open and giving developers control, but Microsoft are in the middle, and are investing back into open source with things like PHP on Windows, pushing IE forward (finally!), and giving free software to start-ups through their BizSpark and WebSpark programmes. Oh, and their founder is about to donate $10 billion towards curing diseases.<br><br>Google's motto is 'don't be evil'. Apple are the new evil. Unfair comment on the blue screen of death – that only exists because Windows can be run on thousands and thousands of different PC configurations, which can be built by vendors like Dell or HP, or custom built by users themselves by buying the individual components – i.e. it's impossible to have it running smoothly on every possible combination of hardware.

Will Apple let you install Mac OS or iPhone OS on your own choice of hardware? No, not at all. Can Android be run on any mobile phone? No. Give Microsoft a break here, Windows 7 is an awesome product and unlike OS X, all service updates and patches for it will be free. Apple charge you every time there's a new feline-named release.

You are right, Apple are the antithesis of Google when it comes to being open and giving developers control, but Microsoft are in the middle, and are investing back into open source with things like PHP on Windows, pushing IE forward (finally!), and giving free software to start-ups through their BizSpark and WebSpark programmes. Oh, and their founder is about to donate $10 billion towards curing diseases.

Google's motto is 'don't be evil'. Apple are the new evil.

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