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Historical revisionism
Apple killed the clone market because it d@mn near killed
Apple as a business. Or don't you remember that Jobs was
brought back on to save the company from bankruptcy?

This stupid old Apple should become an OS vendor
argument raises it's moronic head every few years. It's
particularly ridiculous when presented at a time when
Apple is scoring record growth in its computer share and
has steadily climbing market share.

And it's all driven by the fact that a group of PC users
know Windows sucks, but can't bring themselves to
actually admit it publicly and buy a piece of Apple
hardware.
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for years that had the chance to do it  Quebec-french | 04/21/08
Linux in a league of it's own?  nix_hed | 04/21/08
not geek but more like  Quebec-french | 04/21/08
theres also the main error is  Quebec-french | 04/21/08
Historical revisionism  frgough | 04/21/08
off course it nearly kill them back then  Quebec-french | 04/21/08
Wow. Historical revisionism  GuidingLight | 04/21/08
Selective quoting  frgough | 04/21/08
Unselective quoting  M.R. Kennedy | 04/21/08
Historical revisionism  bhang657@... | 04/21/08
it didn't make sense back then  voska1 | 04/21/08
problem  ibook4113 | 04/21/08
and it doesn't make sense now either  labarker | 04/21/08
If you got five years..  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/21/08
Five years?  cmjrees | 04/22/08
Yeah, five years  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/22/08
Hey...  Core2uu | 07/16/08
and it doesn't make sense now either  itsasony@... | 04/21/08
The only way  Marcos El Malo | 04/23/08
Dubious argument  cslycord@... | 04/21/08
PC users' own argument  Mikael_z | 04/21/08
Your kinda right  NoThomas | 04/21/08
Historical re-revisionism  deanders | 04/22/08
Not me...  devlin_X | 04/21/08
well depending where you live  Quebec-french | 04/21/08
I agree  storm14k | 04/21/08
have you tried....  marcfinnwilson@... | 04/21/08
so you can run half life, steam, counter-strike on a linux box  pcguy777 | 04/21/08
Wine Just Works....  cmjrees | 04/22/08
Haven't yet but...  storm14k | 04/21/08
Lack of malware?  Jimbaber | 04/21/08
eh?  marcfinnwilson@... | 04/21/08
You need to learn Windows better  NonZealot | 04/21/08
But..  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/21/08
Ah, I didn't realize  NonZealot | 04/22/08
So what  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/22/08
what are you talking about? puhleeese  pcguy777 | 04/21/08
Thats not the "average" users set-up  devlin_X | 04/22/08
The tight integration is why  Komplex | 04/21/08
re: the tight integration  Badgered | 04/21/08
Theory and practice in security...  arminw | 04/21/08
re: Theory  Badgered | 04/21/08
You'd think with over 20 million users  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/21/08
They're called script kiddies for  alaniane@... | 04/21/08
hmm  Badgered | 04/21/08
10% is still 10%  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/21/08
You don't get it  alaniane@... | 04/23/08
No YOU don't get it  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/23/08
you mean OS X will pick up customers, but not MACS right  pcguy777 | 04/21/08
Mac in the corp environment  Bob in Atlanta | 04/21/08
Re: Mac in corp environment  gtdavies33@... | 04/21/08
Malware  Crestview | 04/21/08
Been hearing that for years  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/21/08
What is needed ?  s_souche | 04/21/08
for some strange reason.. devs dont want to make linux, as easy as a mac  pcguy777 | 04/21/08
afraid there is truth in this  s_souche | 04/21/08
difficult?....or different?  storm14k | 04/21/08
It's more of a chicken and egg thing  Marcos El Malo | 04/23/08
Anyone see the Leopard EFI firmware update yesterday?  dilgreen@... | 04/21/08
Probably  Mectron | 04/21/08
So now it is illegal...  arminw | 04/21/08
Bad analogy  desamuelson | 04/21/08
how?  ibook4113 | 04/21/08
And Windows isn't MS's OS  Fujikid2 | 04/22/08
Updating their own software..  msalzberg | 04/21/08
Scraping the barrel  Rod Hagen | 04/22/08
based on their success securing the iPhone  rtk | 04/21/08
I've built a Hackintosh  nix_hed | 04/21/08
No dice, dilgreen  Rod Hagen | 04/22/08
RE: The latest version of Ubuntu is excellent  ted185@... | 04/21/08
RE: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones  jjmcdonald7911@... | 04/21/08
OSx86 is small...  Eriamjh | 04/21/08
Attack of the Mac Clones ! I would Like to make one  jackie40d@... | 04/21/08
Zzzzz...  RocketEater | 04/21/08
RE: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones  dchase@... | 04/21/08
RE: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones  ted@... | 04/21/08
The drivers & compatibility problem  psbecker@... | 04/21/08
If the reason to buy a mac is to eliminate problems  john_e_fish | 04/21/08
Macs eliminate macs  sackbut | 04/21/08
RE: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones  starcannon99022@... | 04/21/08
RE: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones  fulletk | 04/21/08
If allowed by Apple, this would be a big  socialism=nowhere | 04/21/08
RE: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones  Jimbaber | 04/21/08
RE: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones  disisdkat | 04/21/08
RE: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones  netjess@... | 04/21/08
RE: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones  Paul Fletcher | 04/21/08
Apple makes drivers for their hardware...  arminw | 04/21/08
Good Point  ibook4113 | 04/21/08
RE: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones  archer75 | 04/21/08
Mac clones... Isn't that what PCs are for already?  Silex | 04/21/08
Master Joe Says...  MasterJoe | 04/21/08
Has anyone ever held a gun...  arminw | 04/21/08
Haven't you just described the difference though?  NonZealot | 04/21/08
I can not agree with you here  GuidingLight | 04/21/08
really  ibook4113 | 04/21/08
Thanks Bill  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/21/08
Been there, done that. Got bored. Didn't buy the t-shirt.  Scrat | 04/21/08
Downside is that Apple takes a big hit  GuidingLight | 04/21/08
RE: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones  Telix | 04/21/08
Apple isn't going to change  Ken_z | 04/21/08
Consumers have a choice?  NonZealot | 04/21/08
"then" and "than"  FatherJ | 04/21/08
RE: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones  MrViklund | 04/21/08
RE: Pc............Dreamlinux  cheapasskevin | 04/21/08
PC Cloning was Easy...Mac Cloning not worth it...  twessels@... | 04/21/08
RE: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones  /A\V/ | 04/21/08
that makes sense, but the real fear is.....  pcguy777 | 04/21/08
the hardware fears will pass  pcguy777 | 04/21/08
People should drive what companies do!!!  pcguy777 | 04/21/08
I've built one...  Mac Hosehead | 04/21/08
Cool  Marcos El Malo | 04/23/08
RE: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones  phatkat | 04/21/08
AMac of the Clones  nwoodson@... | 04/21/08
RE: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones  bmonster | 04/21/08
RE: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones  bmonster | 04/21/08
Psystar or Paystar  fdsaasdffdsa | 04/21/08
RE: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones  mnpundit | 04/21/08
RE: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones  jobert48@... | 04/21/08
Macs have the software, but cost too much.  photog7 | 04/25/08
Ubuntu != Linux  tracy anne | 04/22/08
And that is exactly why Linux as a small  socialism=nowhere | 04/22/08
RE: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones  lcarliner@... | 04/22/08
You have 20 years experience?  The Mad Hatter | 04/22/08
I was high on Macalope's venom and mouth foam.  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 04/22/08
It was the antihistamines  Marcos El Malo | 04/23/08
RE: PC Industry Episode II: Attack of the Mac Clones  DonBurnett | 04/30/08
Apple has no Geek currency  previso@... | 05/02/08

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