[opendtv] Going for Broke / Apple's Decision to Use Intel Processors Is Nothing Less Than an Attempt to Dethrone Microsoft. Really.
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 07:48:16 -0400
Going for Broke
Apple's Decision to Use Intel Processors Is Nothing Less Than an
Attempt to Dethrone Microsoft. Really.
By Robert X. Cringely
June 9, 2005
The crowd this week in San Francisco at Apple's World Wide Developers
Conference seemed mildly excited by the prospect of its favorite
computer company turning to Intel processors. The CEO of Adobe asked
why it had taken Apple so long to make the switch? Analysts on Wall
Street were generally positive, with a couple exceptions. WHAT THE
HECK IS GOING ON HERE!? Are these people drunk on Flav-r-Ade? Yes. It
is the legendary Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field at work. And
this time, what's behind the announcement is so baffling and
staggering that it isn't surprising that nobody has yet figured it
out until now.
Apple and Intel are merging.
Let's take a revisionist look at the Apple news, asking a few key
questions. The company has on its web site a video of the speech,
itself, which is well worth watching. It's among this week's links.
...
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20050609.html
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