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No. That’s not a barb directed at Mr. McGuiness. I simply wanted you to understand up front that the person I’m going to complain about here is a man and not a woman. I’d also like to point out that even if it was a woman, I’d still complain. Laurie apparently thinks Apple’s line of world famous, [...] So, my wife is reading Mark Gibb’s latest column to me about some new Google customized homepage thing called PageFlakes. What a stupid name, I think to myself. Mark says that it does everything that Google’s does and way, way more. The way he worded it made it sound like the service replaces Google. Yeah. Whatever, [...] Here’s my list of ten things I find in Apple Inc. that are common to all computer and operating system makers in the world. Its nothing all that flashy: Apple makes an operating system which runs on a computer. I can tell you with relative certainty that I will not be the only pundit to rip apart PC World’s “10 Things We Hate About Apple” article. You know, the one that generated all that buzz around the ousted of that guy. Ok, so I’m not into fact checking today. I do, however, have the list printed out in front of me and ready to dissemble. Here’s goes: 1. Free Speech, Anyone? Their big gripe over Apple is that they litigate everyone. Sure, I hate it when I hear the latest about Apple running around and trying to scare the crap out of some little site monkey who had the gaul to post details on Apple’s latest power supply designs, but they are doing what is their legal right. Apple has the right to protect its intellectual property. I don’t always agree with how it goes about it, but hey… they law is the law. Deal. 2. More Secretive Than Homeland Security The lads complain about how Apple doesn’t reveal details about what it’s doing or what its working on. Fact: Apple has way less than 10% of the market. Fact: Apple has 70%+ marketshare in the DAP space. Fact: Just about everyone copies Apple when they know what Apple is doing. Fact: LG released that stupid iPhone clone a few weeks after Apple announced theirs. If I were Apple, damn! I’d keep everything close, too! PC clone makers work on tight margins. Any edge they can get they will take. They’d also rather go to court for a few million to protect the possibility of making 100 million in a market they don’t have to spend millions getting into. If you think that Apple would be around if they revealed everything they were working on, you’ve got another thing coming. Vista, anyone? Continue reading 10 Things I Hate About 10 Things They Hate |
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