Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s chief software architect, still believes that mobile apps are not that important. Will they ever learn? From VentureBeat- “Microsoft’s chief software architect Ray Ozzie weighed in at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference today on the battle between different smartphone platforms (including Windows Mobile). It’s not the applications available on the various platforms that will be the differentiators, Ozzie said, even though that’s what many companies and writers seem to focus on.
“All the apps that count will be ported to every one of them,” he said. It’s a completely different situation from the PC market, where software’s built to run on a Windows or a Mac, he said. Mobile apps require very little development, so it’s much easier to bring them onto every platform…”
Well, he would say that, wouldn’t he?
I think application, games and themes mould and personalize the device to suit its owners needs. A doctor has different needs to a lawyer or a student for example.
“Mobile apps require very little development” – he really said that??
That last para is a bit odd.
All the apps that count will be ported to every one of them,” he said. It’s a completely different situation from the PC market, where software’s built to run on a Windows or a Mac, he said. Mobile apps require very little development, so it’s much easier to bring them onto every platform..
On the one hand, the PC market has to develop for either Windows or Mac (so one of 2, at the risk of upsetting the Linux community).
But apparently it’s easier to bring them to multiple platforms – Windows Mobile, Apple (iPhone/Touch), Android, Symbian, RIM, Palm…….
As lazyboy says, I guess this is what he would say, but it’s a bizarre statement nevertheless
Apps on mobiles may be highly portable (and good for developers to profit from multiple platforms) but only Apple has marketed this properly and made it very easy for all concerned.
Second JAH’s comment but is the model too successful?
It’s not so much the portability I question (although I don’t think it’s always that simple, consider things like the accelerometer or different screen resolutions), it’s the insinuation that all mobile apps are simple little things. There are some very complex applications out there.
It must be true MS has showed such foresight in the mobile market so far..
..lol
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