It takes more than just being better when you are late to market.
> Self driving cars are fast approaching. Will anyone beat Google at this?
Uber? They are the fresh blood and moving fast in everything.
> Maps will have offline navigation soon. Why use Bing or Apple maps?
I use Nokia Here Maps. They have offline navigation today. On my device. Which is not Android.
> Android is everywhere.
Not on iPhones. Not on content-producing devices.
> Google Now and their new Google Now features look great.
2015s version of Clippy. Predictive analysis is not ready. Beware of the hype curve.
> Is there any space that they are not in / won't enter?
Their business is still revolving around ads. They are lagging in enterprise. They cannot beat Amazon at shopping. They cannot beat Apple/Microsoft at premium device design quality. They are not perfect.
PS: It's great that Google exists, but don't put it on pedestal.
I was triggered. I do my best to stay away from Apple altogether. I believe in a world where companies are shamed into oblivion for not allowing their software to run across all platforms.
Apple doesn't work for the people, they work for the shareholders. Since I don't own any shares I'm dirt under their feet.
A lot of people on HN like to talk about power and privilege but when it comes to companies like Apple they make any excuse for their blatant platform discrimination.
Wow that was way out of left field. Am I not allowed to not like Apple because there’s a war in the middle east? Maybe you're the one who needs to go back to tumblr and stop trying to push your political agenda on everyone you come into contact with.
From your comment history you seem to find any excuse you can to butt in with some lame comment about the middle east. I guess this is just an attempt to control the narrative and push your political agenda.
If anyone disagrees you paint them as some kind of supporter of rape.
I preferred the iOS1-6 Design and the Win95-Win7 Design. Though Material Design as in Android 5 is very nice. One cannot compare it to Metro of Win8 with its distasteful colors.
You can use non-legacy non-ubiquitous languages (as opposed to HTML/JS/CSS), because it's not public-facing. Microsoft is sending a mixed message to enterprise: should they bet on HTML5 and possibly quit the MS ecosystem whatsoever, or XAML is still a major investment for Microsoft? They need to demonstrate that WPF/XAML team is more important than ASP/Azure team.
Well obviously you can do that, under the assumption that the company you work for is locked down and isn't going to even remotly consider any type of BYOD, you could get away with pushing any tech you want, considering you control the clients.
However, that doesn't mean that you should and if you're going to lock yourself in to a single priopritory vendor, you're doing yourself and the people you work for a disservice if you haven't weighed it against the alternatives.
I highly doubt the GP really meant that, which is what I was really referring to. What is it about "enteprise" which makes them think they're different? Honest question.
Azure and web tech is incredibly important. XAML can be used for desktop apps and store apps...thats been the story for about three years now.
They have said for years that WPF is the way to go if you are writing a desktop app that has rich UI needs.
I really don't understand this kind of thing...was C++ dead even though MFC is only getting minor updates?
Azure is literally the most important thing that the server and tools division is working on. Just because they are developing cloud tools doesn't mean that they wont support desktop apps.
The "mixed message" they have been sending to the enterprise is around licensing. Dev technology changes and this isn't anything new.
I don't know what to say to that. If you look at what's going on with the new app model...its pretty aggressive what they are doing. Btw...you know that they are going to let .net/winform/wpf and win32 apps be published to the store and use the new API's right? There is a build session about that as well...they are using a type of container technology to wrap them to make them safer. (ish)
I'm just saying...i think they have heard everybody and have tried to bring all of their dev's along on the new app model.
Win32 apps, WPF and .net, objective-c for chrissake...android APIs...what more do you want?
Also, plenty of old failing "you can have it all" narrative like:
"Women have learned that they can be surgeons and physicists without losing their femininity."
vs
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3078210/Number-wom...
In much of the world they still enjoy social and legal privileges simply because they have a Y chromosome.
vs
http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-logic-behind-France-banning...
But there were some good conclusions: "More generally, schools need to become more boy-friendly...".