If the tablets could be 100% reliable, faster, and more functional using up to 30% closed source components...
You answered:
It's a good thing. The tablets are awesome and they need better software. 58 (21%) It's a good thing ONLY if it doesn't impact 3rd party development. 130 (48%) It's a bad thing. The tablets were born and raised on open source. 39 (14%) It's already bad. The tablets should be 100% open. 68 (25%)
My secret motive of that post: I wanted to see how Internet Tablet users would react to Internet Tablet competitors. It's clear from developer commentary that the tablets themselves will be "as open as possible" even if they offer closed source software like Skype, Rhapsody, Canola, and more. 39% of you resist closed-source software, 48% don't mind it as long as it doesn't interfere with 3rd party apps, and 21% of you want it to "just work." More portable internet devices are trying to enter the marketplace and it'd be interesting to see how people stand on this issue. If you have a tech blog of your own that is NOT centered around the Internet Tablets, you may be interested in the results from the same poll. Let me know if you post it.
As usual, I won't draw conclusions from this poll. I'll leave it up as a topic for conversation.
This week's poll: Which Web 2.0 and/or social networking sites do you post to?
- Jaiku
- MySpace
- YouTube
- Ovi
- Blogs
- Flickr
- Picasa
- Wikipedia
- Other
- None