tech industry
04/04/2006, 5:15pm, EDT
Tuesday, April 4th
Apple, Microsoft need each other?
Apple and Microsoft need each other to resolve both company's "impossible" problems, according to one columnist. A TechNewsWorld column explores the possibility of Microsoft acquiring Apple, as well as a simple partnership between the two firms. Citing Microsoft's terrible reputation and image alongside Apple's inability to penetrate the desktop market, Rob Enderle spells out how he believes both companies could thrive by working together. "What if Apple worked with Microsoft to make the iPod 'Plays for Sure'-compliant, and Microsoft worked with Apple to make the Mac OS a true peer platform to Windows? The end result would be more competition for both companies, and it probably would grow the overall markets as well and remove a lot of the foundation driving the litigation plaguing both firms." The columnist also mentions the growing threat of a Linux desktop, which could hit Apple hard should it see widespread adoption.
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On second thought, don't justify his column with hits.
Comment about Linux is silly too. I love Linux. I use SUSE Slackware and Ubunto, and I would never in my wildest dreams subjugate my very intelligent wife or friends (who are not techies) to it. There are just too many issues. Even upgrading and intalling programs bring up so many "frighening" dialog boxes. Can you manage the average PC user trying to make decisions about file dependencies. Linux is years away from being a desktop threat.
And still no decent color correction for printing!
Apple is doing fine; getting better all the time. Microsoft is the one in trouble; not Apple. Linux is no threat to anybody right now nor would it be for a long time. The only company it would threaten anyways is Microsoft.
Why does iPod+iTunes need "Plays for Sure" when they already have 80% of the market? Hmmm...nothing wrong with my backside but maybe I should ram a strychnine enema up it, just to be on the safe side? Appropriate for an analcyst like Enderle.
Why does iPod+iTunes need "Plays for Sure" when they already have 80% of the market? Hmmm...nothing wrong with my backside but maybe I should ram a strychnine enema up it, just to be on the safe side? Appropriate for an analcyst like Enderle.