>>LOL. You want to wager against IDC's prediction? Give them a call. Or provide your own specifics and I might consider calling your authority if for some strange reason I want to bet on it. Or we can simply wait a year and not waste any more time like this.
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>Enjoy Boca, you lucky dog.
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>Just wanted to say I have enjoyed this discussion. My knowledge of mobile OSs, apps, tools, etc. is approximately zilch so I have just been lurking until now. This thread has definitely given me food for thought. Overall my personal strategy is close to something Charles said. I think there will be enough PC development work (web based and to a lesser extent desktop) to sustain me for the remainder of my career, and while I always find new technology interesting there isn't enough time to keep up with everything. But you probably changed my thinking about how quickly non-trivial "real business apps" are moving to smartphones and tablets. Thanks to you and all others who have contributed to this discussion.
Now that I think of it, though, there is something suspicious about a Kiwi who leaves there in summer to come here in winter ! I mean, the first rule of mobile should be "move someplace nice" <bg>
Charles Hankey
Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.
- Thomas Hardy
Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm-- but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.
-- T. S. Eliot
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.
- Ben Franklin
Pardon him, Theodotus. He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.
