Fri, 11 August 2006
+++++ "Followers of both camps, in other words, can save themselves a lot of ulcers if they just acknowledge a few facts: * Microsoft gets a lot of ideas from Apple; Apple also gets ideas from Microsoft. It doesn't matter; the most expensive lawyers in Silicon Valley have established that it's all perfectly legal. * Microsoft has won the market-share war, because it dominates in corporations. * Both companies are profitable and have very long futures ahead of them. * If market share were measured by individual buying decisions (rather than quantity of computers), Apple's rank would be much higher. * Even if the grand prize for the "war" is individuals, families and small businesses, the perception of a much bigger war is useful; Windows Vista and Mac OS X Leopard may in fact be on completely different playing fields, but they're both looking like the best versions ever." +++++ I'm a Windows XP user and have never used a Mac but after all the security issues I see on Windows I see myself thinking about the Mac more and more. I'm getting more into media and I know the Mac OS handles that must better than Windows. At lunch today I went to the bookstore and picked up a copy of "Switching to the Mac" so ... Stay tuned.
Category:Technology
-- posted at: 5:26pm PDT
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