Jan. 6…

AppleInsider | Apple to open Mac App Store Jan. 6 in 90 countries

I bet that in years to come this date will be cited in a book as a turning point. This is ever the moment that Apple takes no prisoners, or the moment that it all begins to fall apart.

Watch for two obvious news stories…

– Apple can’t cope with the demand.

– Applications are rejected from the store so the developers sue.

Listening to customers…

“The problem is that the vendors that lost this game failed because they listened to their customers”

The parable of the the PDA: predicting the smartphone’s future | asymco

I’d say that is about right. To change the rules you need to stop listening.

Kodak…

This is what an industrial death looks like.

THE KODAK CITY on Photography Served

Rochester was based on two companies, Kodak and Xerox. In the early 70s it was one of the richest places in the world. Now it defines depression.