MS's traditional approach has been to make software that run's on somebody else's stuff.
This guy makes it sound like the iPod came before the xBox, and that MS is doing something new. The iPod came nearly a year after the xBox came out. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 2:36 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Mossberg: Apple Winning So Far > > It seems as though you did not actually read past the first paragraph of > the > article. > > The article pointed out that in the PC market, Microsoft whomped all > comers. > But that in the new market, more and more consumer-level devices are > peeking > out, and in that market, Apple's traditional approach (control the whole > system) beats Microsoft's traditional model (build components, and let > others assemble them. > > You can see the proof in the article when you see the how Microsoft is > handling the XBox, and when you picture how a settop box, multimedia > control > system, PDAs, etc are being developed today. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206578 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
