On Jun 1, 2010, at 2:21 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Apple has been playing on MS's turf all along without making major inroads > into their core business.
Diversity has its benefits: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/technology/27apple.html > On 6/1/2010 1:49 PM, William Robb wrote: >> On 01/06/2010 11:24 AM, steve harley wrote: >>> On 2010-06-01 08:46 , P. J. Alling wrote: >>>> Google is a competitor with Microsoft, they both want the same thing, >>>> TWD, total world domination, Now Linux and Apple may want the same thing >>>> but for a number of reasons that's unlikely with either. Why give >>>> sustenance to your enemy? >>> >>> uh, Google and Apple are the more obvious sparring partners at this point >>> >> >> It is possible to have more than one competitor at a time. >> > My issue with Apple is simple, to a non iProduct user all the iProducts > except the Mac look like varioations on the same thing. > > iPod, tune player that has enough software to work as a game player and PDA > > iPhone iPod with Phone capability. > > iPad Overgrown iPod with possible phone capability in the future. > > Mac, good reliable yet overpriced computer using an OS substantially > incompatible with the OS on 80-90% of the rest of the personal computers in > the world. > > My issue with Linux, is it's a loose consortium of Geeks both profit and > decidedly non profit, who have two things in common, a general disdain, for > Microsoft and all it's works, and an inveterate urge to tinker, it's product > may be reliable, but it will also tend to be geeks have blind spots, (I know > I do), usually leading to problems along the line of, what do you mean it's > hard to do that, it's easy, just follow these simple steps and then... > > Much as I'd like to see Linux take off, it doesn't give me confidence, and > Apple has been playing on MS's turf all along without making major inroads > into their core business. > > If Microsoft gets it's act back together, easier said than done, it may make > Google more than a bit uncomfortable. In the past MS hasn't been above dirty > tricks to maintain it's market share and probably wouldn't be above such > activities in gaining market share either. But MS has the power of inertia > behind it. Apple doesn't. > > -- > {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Courier > New;}} > \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to Thunderbird 3.0 and the > interface subtly weird.\par > } > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
