On Tuesday, September 4, 2012 7:21:10 PM UTC+2, Oscar Hsieh wrote: > > 1. What company did Apple buy to get exclusivity? >
Intrinsity comes to mind as an example where Apple would rather sit on their own silicon rather than rely on COTS SoC designs from Nvidia, Quallcom, Marvell, TI and Samsung. > 2. Canonical has partnership with Dell so your comparison is probably > unfair. > By the way, it does not seem to be hard to install ubuntu on MBA > The procedure has improved over time, but trust me, it's hard to get drivers and configurations to play nicely in the long run. Almost every time there are new packages available, stuff breaks and various setup scripts needs to run again. > 3. How is that a smart idea for Samsung to cut off Apple? Samsung make > Billions out of apple every year. Besides, most Samsung's customers are > also its competitors. Talking about burning bridges ... > A quick look at Samsung's gigantic product portfolio, suggests that Apple needs Samsung more than the other way around. Sure, Sammy would take a hit, but biting the hand that feeds you is generally a bad idea - and it's entirely within Samsung's power to bite back. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/JmwTRQNymvIJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
