Linked List: April 11, 2010

Sunday, 11 April 2010

‘Very Insightful and Not Negative’ 

Well, this was something.

(Context, from the future.)

Markos Moulitsas on the iPad 

Non-geek writers are far more likely to get it — to see how the trade-offs lead to a new type of experience. Moulitsas writes:

For me, all I care is whether a device makes my life easier. I could give a shit about whether the hackers love or hate it, or how much hype something has. The iPad filled my needs seamlessly, with only minor hassles. It was better than a laptop, allowing me to travel more efficiently.

As Tim O’Reilly observed, this should be a wake-up call for many companies. I suspect what we’ll see instead, as the iPad turns into a big hit, are companies like Microsoft suggesting that there’s something wrong with iPad users, not that there’s something wrong with its products.

James Gosling Leaves Oracle 

James Gosling:

Yes, indeed, the rumors are true: I resigned from Oracle a week ago (April 2nd). [...] As to why I left, it’s difficult to answer: just about anything I could say that would be accurate and honest would do more harm than good.

Pretty safe to say that the Sun we knew is gone.