Screaming Penguin

Fake Steve Jobs nails it on Google’s Android: The only companies that join consortia are the ones who are too stupid or shitty to make a great product on their own. It’s like, Hey, we’ve got forty spazzo companies that can’t fuck their way out of a paper bag; let’s put them all together and maybe they’ll magically become some kind of big bad powerhouse. More likely it’ll just be some scary ass Frankenstein monster, walking around drooling and tripping over its own tongue.

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Also, whenever you see companies start talking about being “open,” it means they’re getting their ass kicked. You think Google will be forming an OpenSearch alliance any time soon, to help also-rans in search get a share of the spoils? Me neither.

Daring Fireball Linked List: November 2007 You know, John, there is an OpenSearch, which started with Amazon A9, and Google already supports it on all their search services. It is, in fact, a fundamental part of OpenSocial and GData in general. Thanks for playing. Tags: android, google, gdata. jackassery