IO 2010 Rant

Before I blog about how much I like San Francisco and the Bay Area and how much I really loved Google IO as a whole, I need to get rid of this rant.

I complained about Adobe and Apple being children last week; now it seems that Google and Sony are joining in. The Keynote this morning turned turned into a bash fest. The first few stabs were funny, then they got downright malicious.

I undertand Google's in a power struggle to get Android going, but this way? What happened to "Don't be evil?".

Sony's CEO, Sir Howard, even went to say that "when you beat Apple, you're dominating". During the CEO "wankfest" (best description via @ryanbaldwin) Eric Schmidt went on to say "Why do we have to defend Flash?"

What is it with these major corporations making themselves look like idiots - in my eyes? Where's the professional courtesy gone when dealing with competitors? Do none of these guys realize that, in the end, it's the dev community and the consumer that decide; and judging by some of the questions asked and points made at the Fireside Chat with Handset Manufacturers (Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG and Motorola) there's a few very frustrated developers on the Android platform, for valid reasons: uncoordinated APIs and proprietary SDKs per handset manufacturer and a slow upgrade process (that in some cases is still carrier dependant).

Adobe, Apple, Google and Sony stop being whiny fucking children in these power struggles for mobile, ad platforms and web technologies.