Apple answers the FCC's questions

At 22 Aug 2009 16:34:22 +0000 Larry wrote:


> >> > We receive about 8,500
> >> > new applications and updates every week, and roughly 20% of them
> >> > are not approved as originally submitted. In little more than a
> >> > year, we have reviewed more than 200,000 applications and update
> >>
> >> Hmm..arithmetically speaking..8500 x 52 weeks = 442,000 apps. In a
> >> little more than a year, they reviewed more than 200,000 apps.
> >> 442,000 apps - 200,000 app = 242,000 aps PER YEAR behind on the job.
> >
> > except that the rate was not constant. there certainly were not 8500
> > submissions a year ago.
> >
>
> One can only assume, from the lack of date data, that the 8500 apps is an
> AVERAGE, not a peak number. It may, however, be the mean, not average,
but
> they're pretty close in a sample this size.

We can we assume that? I think a more reasonable assumption is the 8500 is
the CURRENT number, and one that has steadily grown since day one.

Remember the 8500 includes app updates. It stands to reason that more
updates are submitted from the current field of 65,000 extant apps, than
the 15000 six months ago, or the 1000 or so a year ago.


> Given that, my conjecture stands as written, though the numbers may be
off
> +/- 10-15%, the conclusion stands as written.


Hey, I love a good iPhone-bash as much as anyone, but I prefer them based
in reality. Your conjecture seems seriously flawed to me. How could "95%"
of apps be approved within two weeks if your math suggests more than half
of them haven't even been reviewed yet?

"Bill" <someone DeleteThis @home.net> wrote:

> "Michelle Steiner" <michelle DeleteThis @michelle.org> wrote

>> <http://www.apple.com/hotnews/apple-answers-fcc-questions/>
>>
>> Apple's goal is to provide our customers with the best possible
>> user experience. We have been able to do this by designing the
>> hardware and software in our products to work together
>> seamlessly. The iPhone is a great example of this. It has
>> established a new standard for what a mobile device can be-an
>> integrated device with a phone, a full web browser, HTML email,
>> an iPod, and more, all delivered with Apple's revolutionary
>> multi-touch user interface.
>>
>>
>
> And if MS did anything like this to give consumers "the best
> possible experience" they are called monopolistic. And MS
> doesn't even build the hardware

Microsoft tells hardware makers what to do. In fact, Microsoft
tells Apple what to do. When Apple disagreed with what Microsoft
wanted it to do, Microsoft used its monopoly power like a club to
hit apple over the head until Apple relented. Very few technically
oriented personal computer savvy people in the world say Microsoft
is not a monopoly. After being proved to have monopoly control
over PC software, the only reason Microsoft was given a free ride
is because George Bush Jr entered the White House and trashed the
big antitrust suit remedy. Nine years later, now everyone knows
Bush Jr failed his job as referee.

When Ronald Reagan entered office, he continued the breakup of
AT&T that led to an explosion in communications options. Since
then, for some strange reason, Republicans have changed from
"power through competition" to "dog-eat-dog" and "might makes
right" and "every man for himself". During the Bush Jr
administration, the "me-first" society flourished, the same one
that we did away with by electing Ronald Reagan. Some people seem
to believe that competition does not require a referee, I think
they are gravely mistaken.

nospam <nospam DeleteThis @nospam.invalid> wrote in
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> In article <Xns9C6F596BC832Cnoonehomecom DeleteThis @74.209.131.13>, Larry
> <noone DeleteThis @home.com> wrote:
>
>> > We receive about 8,500
>> > new applications and updates every week, and roughly 20% of them
>> > are not approved as originally submitted. In little more than a
>> > year, we have reviewed more than 200,000 applications and update
>>
>> Hmm..arithmetically speaking..8500 x 52 weeks = 442,000 apps. In a
>> little more than a year, they reviewed more than 200,000 apps.
>> 442,000 apps - 200,000 app = 242,000 aps PER YEAR behind on the job.
>
> except that the rate was not constant. there certainly were not 8500
> submissions a year ago.
>

One can only assume, from the lack of date data, that the 8500 apps is an
AVERAGE, not a peak number. It may, however, be the mean, not average, but
they're pretty close in a sample this size.

Given that, my conjecture stands as written, though the numbers may be off
+/- 10-15%, the conclusion stands as written.

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Larry

"Bill" <someone RemoveThis @home.net> wrote in news:oESjm.528018$op1.481189@en-nntp-
05.dc1.easynews.com:

> Why does Apple get such a free ride??
>

Because Apple is a religion, not just a corporation.

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Larry

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nospam <nospam DeleteThis @nospam.invalid> wrote in
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>> Given that, my conjecture stands as written, though the numbers may
>> be off +/- 10-15%, the conclusion stands as written.
>
> much of what you write is off by quite a bit more than 10-15%.
>
>

Thank you!

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Larry