[opendtv] Re: I'm starting to feel sorry for, and worry about, Apple

  • From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 18:11:48 -0500

Craig Birkmaier wrote:

> IBM was unable to protect the original ISA PC design and the "IBM PC"
> rapidly evolved into a commodity product. When they tried again to
> introduce a new platform that they could have complete control over,
> they failed.

Thanks for repeating what I said, Craig.

>> Apple instead created a walled garden, and they continue to sell
>> their overpriced products with their limited-use applications.
>
> Stop it Bert, this is simply not true.

Of course it's true. You can't complain about patented designs, and then turn 
around and accuse IBM of this sin, but not Apple. Clearly, it was IBM that had 
NOT patented their IP strenuously enough, and lost out completely. As you 
repeated above, for emphasis. Unlike Apple, which continues to single-handedly 
control everyhting about the Mac, and the Mac is still an Apple product.

> There is nothing about the Mac platform that is more of a walled
> garden than a PC running Windows.

Nonsense. EVEN a PC running Windows is less walled, simply because Microsoft 
does not have a final say on what applications will be marketed. Consistency, 
Craig. When you are inconsistent, which seems to be the case often, your 
arguments lose credibility. I'm telling it like it is. I've never been the one 
to demonize patneted IP, on the other hand.

Bert
 
 
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