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L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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Late to the game? What you just said is exactly what I mean.
I ran/run a relational database of about 2,000 records off of my Palm Treo for a number of years. Switching off the end-of-life Treo/Palm, my only real choice for the database software support at the time was on an iPhone. Android was nowheresville. If they got their shit together in time, I would be on them now, but they f*ed up having me as a customer because of it.
 

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swag

L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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But Android based devices are more powerful productivity wise than iOS
That's nice. But they could have done that before I did all sorts of custom programming. Nothing I want to redo myself anytime soon. Switching costs are really high.
 

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L'autista
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You've programmed apps? About what?

Apparently there's a new iOS coming out next week
Not so much apps native to the phone. But desktop apps that access and exchange data stored on the phone.

This is the thing that really irks me about some technology companies that boast about the superiority of their platform, blah blah blah. They get all high and mighty about it, but the fact is it is often useless unless it's available in a timely manner.

As a comparison, say I am migrating off a relational database like Sybase or Oracle and want to go to something like MySQL or PostgreSQL. Say MySQL supports row-level locking at the time and PostgreSQL only currently supports page-level locking. Later, PostgreSQL might come out with row-level locking and beats its chest about its great platform. Meanwhile, a bunch of tech fanboys bow in honor of PostreSQL and its superior platform and look down on, say, the inferior MySQL. Which is complete crap, because PostgreSQL didn't have its act together at the time it needed to have its act together.

People assume that just because you use something like an iPhone, it's because you want a brain-dead phone and you can't handle technology. Whereas in my case it was the complete opposite: Android didn't support squat at a programmers' level and is a Johnny-Come-Lately to the game. But you'll never convince the fanboys otherwise, even if I abuse the technology on my smart phone more than 99% of the Android users.
 

Dragon

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Apr 24, 2003
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Not so much apps native to the phone. But desktop apps that access and exchange data stored on the phone.

This is the thing that really irks me about some technology companies that boast about the superiority of their platform, blah blah blah. They get all high and mighty about it, but the fact is it is often useless unless it's available in a timely manner.

As a comparison, say I am migrating off a relational database like Sybase or Oracle and want to go to something like MySQL or PostgreSQL. Say MySQL supports row-level locking at the time and PostgreSQL only currently supports page-level locking. Later, PostgreSQL might come out with row-level locking and beats its chest about its great platform. Meanwhile, a bunch of tech fanboys bow in honor of PostreSQL and its superior platform and look down on, say, the inferior MySQL. Which is complete crap, because PostgreSQL didn't have its act together at the time it needed to have its act together.

People assume that just because you use something like an iPhone, it's because you want a brain-dead phone and you can't handle technology. Whereas in my case it was the complete opposite: Android didn't support squat at a programmers' level and is a Johnny-Come-Lately to the game. But you'll never convince the fanboys otherwise.
You'll always be a Steve Jobs kiss ass in their minds. Whatever
 
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    Dragon

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    Apr 24, 2003
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    I will not jump to conclusions and call Swag a Steve Jobs ass kisser! I will not jump to conclusions and call Swag a Steve Jobs ass kisser! I will not jump to conclusions and call Swag a Steve Jobs ass kisser! I will not jump to conclusions and call Swag a Steve Jobs ass kisser! I will not jump to conclusions and call Swag a Steve Jobs ass kisser! I will not jump to conclusions and call Swag a Steve Jobs ass kisser! I will not jump to conclusions and call Swag a Steve Jobs ass kisser!
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