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Story: Is Apple on the way out?
Posted by: Anonymous (Wednesday 13 October 2004, 11:00 PM)
The author makes many sound points, but his conclusions are off.
Linux is getting close on the desktop--Ubuntu is even more cutting-edge and more user-friendly than Gentoo or Xandros--but these are going to eat into Windows market share, not Mac.
Go ahead, show off The GIMP to a Mac-head graphic designer. "That's pretty cool for a free tool. So you say it doesn't have those really cool wizards for web-export? No CMYK? Well, lemme know when it's ready for prime-time and I'll give it another looksee." Do you think any Dreamweaver addicts are going to go ga-ga for Bluefish or Mozilla's web-authoring environment?
On the other hand, I haven't met any old-time DOS-hacker programmers who didn't feel that Linux had "put the fun back into computing." As the office/relative/neighbor geek gets more and more into Linux, the circle of newbie Linux desktop users will grow.
Apple will stay strong, through music business if nothing else, and will continue to pioneer ultra-hip, next-level gadgets for the discerning cutting-edge high-tech consumer. And we will continue to love them for it.
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Story: Is Apple on the way out?
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I thought it raised some interesting points but I... James Chiswell Jones -
I don't agree with the assessment that Apple... Matthew -
"It's about what happens when desktop Linux reache... Riot Nrrrd™
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Fascinating article. My advice to you (as if you a... Richard Taylor
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Berlind/Dvorak - what genius! Tom Shaughnessy
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Apple is on the way up, not out.
Linux on the... Douglas Metcalfe
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Just when APPLE seems to be shipping away at the d... M R
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Yawn! you guys must be smoking bad weed. Anonymous
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God, this guy's an idiot. Apple's business has no... Anonymous
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Wow, you're dumb... Anonymous
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The author makes many sound points, but his c... Anonymous -
You miss an important point. OSX is equi... Erik Sandblom -
Brain damage. A brain damaged Editor is the only w... Charles C Gaudette
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Oh wait! You mean the Toyota Prius is catching on... Walter Walnuts
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What does not seem to be mentioned here is the ant... Anonymous
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Funny this article was posted the same day Apple's... Anonymous
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Some good points, but if you look at the "core" Ap... Anonymous
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David, FUD will get you nowhere these days. It loo... Fred Mueggelhopper
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Hahahaha, when will these douchebag journalists le... Anonymous
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On the day that Apple earnings blew away everyones... Anonymous
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My experience as a co-director of IT is that the s... Anonymous
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As others noted, I think you made some good points... Gary
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Apple = simplicity, elegance and detail. Where the... Robert Kortenoeven
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