Johnnymack

The Battle Lines Are Drawn in the War for Mobile Developers

How can anyone beat Apple?
You need software for the masses, with an ability to sync effortlessly, or do firmwares updates, etc. Apple uses iTunes, which MILLIONS of people have installed TODAY. (I don't have a RIMM or Nokia data sync program on any computers in my home. Will they work easily, support what platforms, have any bugs??)
Millions of people have accounts with iTunes Music Store, tied to credit cards, etc. They've sold BILLIONs of songs since opening.
The iPhone works just like an iPod for syncing, Apps for iPhone download just like songs.
It's so rock solid I don't see anyone doing better!
I HAD a Palm (650?) and installed Palm Desktop software for OSX on my mac, to help sync data. I also needed something called a "conduit" for Palm, etc. I NEVER got it working correctly. It sucked, and that was mostly just for Contact info, not movies, music, photos, etc.

Mac vs. PC vs. Gold

When you think about it, Gold is just a "fiat currency" too.
Sure, it has a LONG history, but in some apocalyptic future, what will you be doing with that gold horde?
Oh... you'll be trading it for food, clean water, shelter, and fuel, won't you?
So WHAT IS "money"?
In "Your Money or Your Life", the author explains that money really represents "life energy". So you go to work, and donate some "life energy" to get "money", as a value keeper. You exchange that money with other people who do things for you, with the same incentive (design and build your house, car, bicycle, etc). Where does gold really enter into this? ok, instead of having a wealth of several pounds of gold, if we unwind the currency into gold (hey! that's creating a GOLD BUBBLE!) we all end up with a few grains of gold. So what? we really have no use for the stuff that a few grains wouldn't cover anyway! Sure, it's PRETTY in jewelry, makes good tooth fillings (did fluoride toothpaste wreck the value of gold??) and conducts electric swell. But a little goes a LONG way, and modern people are not going to revolve their life around how much of a metal element they need or consume.
Also, TONS of it are mined every year, so you can't say it's value doesn't inflate either.