Mar 09, 2010, 04:13 AM
Agro Wrote:Sorry if that's all TL, you can skip to the middle paragraphs if you want and it's all still there.
They did the same thing with Floppy disks, declaring the format dead before it had actually died, because CD-R's had begun dropping in price. They're pulling the trigger even faster now with HTML 5 more than a year out from common adoption, let alone major usage. It's silly, shortsighted, and a huge gamble. Apple is banking on their 'cool' factor to get them through - it worked with the iPod and iPhone, but the iPad is a different story.
And you're right, when Steve retires the company will be in huge trouble. Hopefully they can find someone to take over that has that same singular vision (Jonathan Ive?), or they're hosed.
On the bright side: http://store.steampowered.com/news/3569/