Before I was an analyst, I can remember lamenting why the people in our industry were so obsessed with chips and operating systems. It was around the time when DEC released the Alpha RISC chip, and rivalry between the different strains of UNIX and Windows was at its highest point. The horse race between BSD, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Apple'
Why does anyone care about operating systems?
July 9th, 2009 · 7 Comments
Tags: Apple · Google · IBM · Microsoft · technology
Apple Myths
February 10th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Dissing anything Apple is one of the most dangerous things a blogger can do, but I feel obliged and justified. Baiting Apple fans is second only to criticizing open source as a way to generate vituperative comments. I have always had a mixed marriage with my wife preferring Macs and me needing to use Windows [...]
Tags: Apple · Personal · consumerization