Apple needs a 'No man'. (as opposed to a 'Yes man').
Steve Jobs was that guy. He did not care about anything but 'is this a great product and would I use it?'. Stock price or someone's feelings be damned.
I've felt this way for many times of the last few years but the one that hit me hardest (even though this is more esoteric rather than design or technical faults - which imo there have been many) when I walked in the Apple store and saw the center piece of the store - Watch Bands - not the Watch. No, man, that aint right. I like to think Jobs would have fired that person on the spot.
Everyone who has created their own open source framework which supports a multi-million-dollar business that now supports your hobby of driving million dollar race cars, please feel free to cast stones at what rails is and has become.
I'm batting for FFOS - if for no other reason than the industry needs more competition.
I've got a Keon I'm playing with and it is pretty cool. It needs a lot of polishing to be sure - but it works - on a cheap phone, which in many ways is remarkable when you consider it is running that too slow, not so good, aint my favorite language, Javascript! LOL.
I'm betting on technologies that are open web standards, have the fewest barriers to entry/exit and offer less cost/risk.
I remember back in the dark ages (2000) having the discussion about biz apps in Delphi/VB/etc vs the web. The web won - at least for business apps, imo.
I'm using my first post to thank you for what you already have done and look forward to this when it is ready. In my experience, biting off more than it turns out you can chew is a trait common to prodigious coders such as yourself. There is no better evidence than the (audacious!) projects you have tackled and completed in the past - leaving me confidant you will deliver Tokaido and it will be awesome. (but curious about all the hand-wringing by those surely not aware of your accomplishments) Code you have released freely in the past helps puts food on the table of lesser developers such as myself and I just wanted you to know you are appreciated.
Steve Jobs was that guy. He did not care about anything but 'is this a great product and would I use it?'. Stock price or someone's feelings be damned.
I've felt this way for many times of the last few years but the one that hit me hardest (even though this is more esoteric rather than design or technical faults - which imo there have been many) when I walked in the Apple store and saw the center piece of the store - Watch Bands - not the Watch. No, man, that aint right. I like to think Jobs would have fired that person on the spot.