Comments on: Should Apple License the iPhone OS? http://www.digitaltrends.com/talk-backs/should-apple-license-the-iphone-os/ Upgrade Your Lifestyle Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:30:12 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ian Bell http://www.digitaltrends.com/talk-backs/should-apple-license-the-iphone-os/#comment-60424 Ian Bell Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:41:57 +0000 #comment-60424 I think the problem with Microsoft is that they DO license their operating systems. There is no quality control this way and it makes them look terrible. <br /> <br /> I am sure there are hundreds of people thinking the OS is their problem when it could be the hardware its on.<br /> <br /> Apple is doing everything right. They control the whole process, and if you think about it, the market share they are gaining for a single manufacturer is pretty amazing. I think the problem with Microsoft is that they DO license their operating systems. There is no quality control this way and it makes them look terrible.

I am sure there are hundreds of people thinking the OS is their problem when it could be the hardware its on.

Apple is doing everything right. They control the whole process, and if you think about it, the market share they are gaining for a single manufacturer is pretty amazing.

]]> By: Kontra http://www.digitaltrends.com/talk-backs/should-apple-license-the-iphone-os/#comment-60425 Kontra Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:48:32 +0000 #comment-60425 I explored Ballmer's continuing flip flopping on the hw/sw separation issue in:<br /> <br /> Clash of mobile platform strategies (1): Microsoft's schizophrenia<br /> <a href="http://counternotions.com/2008/10/06/platform1/" title="http://counternotions.com/2008/10/06/platform1/" target="_blank" ref="nofollow">http://counternotions.com/2008/10/06/platform1/</a> I explored Ballmer's continuing flip flopping on the hw/sw separation issue in:

Clash of mobile platform strategies (1): Microsoft's schizophrenia
http://counternotions.com/2008/10/06/platform1/

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