Comments on: Is Google + Adobe a threat to Apple? http://www.davekawalec.com/2010/04/is-google-adobe-a-threat-to-apple/ People and Technology Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:16:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Dave Kawalec http://www.davekawalec.com/2010/04/is-google-adobe-a-threat-to-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-5071 Dave Kawalec Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:43:05 +0000 http://www.davekawalec.com/?p=126#comment-5071 Apple lost the first platform war to Microsoft and it cost Jobs his company. He pulled off an amazing comeback, but I don't think he's going to let anybody get the drop on him in the mobile space. That control is that same reason why they can deliver the whole iPhone OS ecosystem. I did see the new iAd feature, but I haven't looked into it too much to be honest. Still, 40% seems high. I'd like to see what they are delivering for that cut. Google is kind of strange in that it's a company of engineers run by engineers. They seem to only do what is coldly logical and rational. Sometimes that is not so nice. I think you're right. They're well past "Don't Be Evil" at this point - probably something like "Don't Be Really Blatantly Evil". Apple lost the first platform war to Microsoft and it cost Jobs his company. He pulled off an amazing comeback, but I don’t think he’s going to let anybody get the drop on him in the mobile space. That control is that same reason why they can deliver the whole iPhone OS ecosystem.

I did see the new iAd feature, but I haven’t looked into it too much to be honest. Still, 40% seems high. I’d like to see what they are delivering for that cut.

Google is kind of strange in that it’s a company of engineers run by engineers. They seem to only do what is coldly logical and rational. Sometimes that is not so nice. I think you’re right. They’re well past “Don’t Be Evil” at this point – probably something like “Don’t Be Really Blatantly Evil”.

]]> By: Josh http://www.davekawalec.com/2010/04/is-google-adobe-a-threat-to-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-5070 Josh Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:25:52 +0000 http://www.davekawalec.com/?p=126#comment-5070 Apple will never give in because Steve Jobs has a large wooden substance embedded in his posterior. It's a pissing contest and he refuses to quit. Apple also wants complete control over anything and everything they put out or interacts with them. (Did you see the news today about Apple embedding ads into apps and keeping 40% for themselves?) Google, on the other hand, is doing the best they can to be the Microsoft of the Internet. They are becoming too big too quickly and too greedy as a result. I suspect their corporate culture and public presence is going to see a dramatic shift in the next few years. Apple will never give in because Steve Jobs has a large wooden substance embedded in his posterior. It’s a pissing contest and he refuses to quit. Apple also wants complete control over anything and everything they put out or interacts with them. (Did you see the news today about Apple embedding ads into apps and keeping 40% for themselves?)

Google, on the other hand, is doing the best they can to be the Microsoft of the Internet. They are becoming too big too quickly and too greedy as a result. I suspect their corporate culture and public presence is going to see a dramatic shift in the next few years.

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