{"id":925,"date":"2009-09-16T01:22:16","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T01:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chocobeam.me\/playground\/2009\/09\/nerdy-choices\/"},"modified":"2009-09-16T01:22:16","modified_gmt":"2009-09-16T01:22:16","slug":"nerdy-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/2009\/09\/nerdy-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"Nerdy choices"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Watching everything that goes on in the tech and computer world \u2013well as much as I can-, here some thoughts.<\/p>\n

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Just so nobody can\u2019t say nothin\u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

Closed\/Open technologies and monopole<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an endless loop I guess. Usually at first we use the closed ones because they are better and when the technology is mature enough \u2013when people really need it while the tech reaches stability- we move to alternatives to the point where we\u2019re almost totally free to use this technology seeminglessly and endlessly. And then a new closed tech comes etc<\/p>\n

So there\u2019s nothing wrong using closed tech. Opera offers a great browser experience and it\u2019s a closed tech. The only thing to do with closed technologies is to not giving up everything on them. Using them to get things done and have a boost of productivity is fine.<\/p>\n

Adobe Flash is an excellent example of a great productivity tool for which we tend to give up everything, building a monopole based on a proprietary technology where only a giant company like MS can compete with (Silverlight). But Flash is cool \u2013though not as fast as the Grandmaster<\/a>-, it is used by visual designers. They are the coolest guys of the entire universe they can\u2019t be wrong!<\/p>\n

That\u2019s weird. The stability of the open source alternative should be here and competing. I can\u2019t wait to have the open source equivalent of the PDF format, without any restriction and gazillion of devices capable of reading it while offering perfect performances, feeding great apps.<\/p>\n

I see some people complaining about the monopole of iTunes these days and people going away from a market so tightly controlled by the California based company that apps are refused arbitrary.<\/p>\n

Well, Apple is known for that \u2013just having to install iTunes to see the music catalog is the first step-, it\u2019s closed closed closed. The size of the iphone market is now enough to make people think twice before being stuck. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s like the cooler you seem, the more you can fuck people. Open or closed technology doesn\u2019t even count. That\u2019s why I don\u2019t want Chrome. Way too nice Google, and you already have me with mail and rss.<\/p>\n

OS\/Apps and updates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

They all fail at some point. Whatever it is, from Snow Leopard to WordPress to Windows, a major update on a major system has to break some stuffs. That\u2019s why 7 is impressive for me, it didn\u2019t break anything and everything worked out out of the box on three very different computer. Because doing an operating system is one of the most complex task in the world, sometimes it doesn\u2019t deliver. Hopefully it\u2019s less and less the case whatever the flavor of what is running your computer on.<\/p>\n

Also the more the app is used, the more it\u2019s vulnerable and needs updates. WordPress and Firefox come in mind. It\u2019s just like that. And no system is unbreakable so.. All this noise on news about what is normal in the software world is pretty annoying because during that time, they don\u2019t talk about great apps and services that would be worth the word.<\/p>\n

Patents & lock-in<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Well, I agree with Raph Koster on this one. You have a great idea, you did work hard on it, it seems fair that you want some revenue from it. The point is to what degree. It seems that people always want to abuse that, largely. The lack of competition because of abusive patents especially on hardware is slowing the spread of progress so hard (multitouch mess). <\/p>\n

Anyway the only way to prevent abuses or slow generalization of great tech things seems to make sure to be in the middle of it. No sides, just going here and there, getting the one that fits your need without compromising your freedom.<\/p>\n

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