By The Angry Drunk
Ok gang, I’m throwing this out there as support for my call for the blogokleinbottle to lay off the “Apple had a bad month, they’re doooomed” bullshit. Here is Chuq Von Rospach, a man who actually know that the hell he’s talking about (imagine that) commenting on the MobileMe launch fiasco, and Apple’s response.
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And, of course, the first comment on Chuq’s piece is someone talking out of their ass to disagree with him. Gotta love the internet: everyone’s an expert, except the people who fucking know what they’re talking about.
By The Angry Drunk
I’ve been following various forum and blog posts regarding the Apple MobileMe announcement; and I see a trend that’s beginning to annoy me. Inevitably, at some point someone will make a comment along the lines of, “I don’t see why anyone would bother with this when there’s Google Mail, Calendar, etc.” Without going into an analysis of the MobileMe service itself (hard to do when it doesn’t exist yet), I am constantly annoyed by this sort of short-sighted thinking. Heaven forbid that Apple, or anyone for that matter, dare to attempt to compete with the mighty Google.
I hate to break it to the Googletards, but there is more to the internet and computing that Google. Some of us have compelling reasons for wanting a competing service. Here’s just a single one that is a factor for me. Seamless desktop and remote integration. I’ve been dying for a seamless way to integrate my desktop workflow (iCal, Mail, iLife) with both the web, and with the Windows machines that I have to use at work. And, before I get a slew of comments pointing out how to integrate with Google’s services, I know about them; I even am currently using some
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