Competition is imperative no matter what you are involved in. If you are doing something good, others will want to copy it and succeed as well. If someone tries to copy what you are doing, then you know you are doing a good job. When Kellogg’s came out with Corn Flakes, other companies came out with their own version of the same product, but none could quite match up. The same thing goes for design and technology. People are looking for ideas and they will get some of their ideas from you. I like this quote “Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats.” By Howard Aiken.

Both Adobe and Apple are great companies who have done so much to take technology to the level it is at today, but they are in competition with each other. Competition is not always a bad thing. I causes us to do our absolute best knowing someone else may do a better job if we come up with anything less than the best. We need to learn what we can about the technology that is available and be open minded about it and what it can do to help us succeed in what we are doing. I liked this insert from an article I read.

A line in the sand

The problem with rallying behind a technology is that it traps us within the confines of its constraints. We easily shift “don’t know” and “not sure” into “can’t” and “won’t.” Creativity is dictated by programming languages. How sad.

Technologies aren’t inherently bad or good. They’re only appropriate or inappropriate for certain circumstances. They’re a means to an end, not solutions within themselves. Each one is powerful in its own right to accomplish a certain goal. The responsibility to use an appropriate technology lies with the one who made the choice. Unfortunately, we’ve misinterpreted irresponsible development as inadequate technology. Flash and Standards: The Cold War of the Web, by Dan Mall at http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashstandards/

One thing I see happening is that because of this war, companies are putting restrictions on their software and devices to prevent people from accessing other things such as Adobe blocking Apple based programs from accessing Adobe based software etc. This can hinder people who like both and would use both given the opportunity.

I believe that this competition can actually help because each company will try to out-o the other which will mean they will keep putting out better and better products for the consumer to use.

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