Here's to hoping that Apple won't follow Polaroid. As we know, Apple is firecly protective of it's operating system and the hardware it runs on. They won't even license out production of their own hardware designs. At times that has cost the company dearly, in particular handing Brazil to the PC clones on a silver platter when they became obsessed with crushing Unitron instead of using them as a "back door" behind the country's protectionist import ban on computers. (Which ended in 1992.)
As for Polaroid, they've filed for bankruptcy, or as their website says "financial restructuring". Polaroid was always firecly protective of their innovation of instant photography. So protective that they never allowed anyone else to produce cameras compatable with their film or to produce film compatable with their cameras. They also constantly sued anyone (Kodak especially) whenever they produced instant cameras. For some insane reason they always won though the basic patents on instant photography processes had long expired. Now Polaroid's protectionist tactics have come home to roost. With their focus on a "Mine! All MINE!" strategy they artificially limited their user base and were late to the digital photography revolution. My prediction is that except for a small number of professionals, hobbyists and cheap single use cameras, film photography will be dead within 5 years. Of course a computer and operating system are more versatile than a camera and film, but Polaroid has been around far longer than Apple Computer. There's still plenty of time for a revolution not created by Apple to sneak up on them while they are tightly focused on keeping all their horses in the Apple Corral. The preceding has been a plea for porting OSX to the PC platform. ===== http://www.junkscience.com "All the Junk that's fit to Debunk!" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
