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Microsoft vs. Apple
Microsoft would be nuts to try that again. The DOJ would be all over them if they did.
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Microsoft vs. Apple  Axsimulate | 02/03/09
DOJ  comp_indiana | 02/05/09
This article is silly since MSFT sells software, and Apple sells hardware  JustDoIt | 02/05/09
Failure?  YaBaby | 02/06/09
A few points  JohnMcPants | 02/07/09
Taking your own advice  DeusExMachina | 02/08/09
Probably should have...  JohnMcPants | 02/09/09
PowerPC ="s PPC. (NT)  Intellihence | 02/26/09
Just because you discover a killer instinct or  James Quinn | 02/03/09
True, but at the same time it does  GuidingLight | 02/03/09
It would only serve to make both better as it  James Quinn | 02/03/09
How capitalism works  DeusExMachina | 02/05/09
RE: How Capitalisim Works  Breetai | 02/05/09
Huh?  DeusExMachina | 02/05/09
Capitalism? What's that?  bricar2 | 02/05/09
Not quite  comp_indiana | 02/05/09
Actual 'Capitalism' funds All the other 'isms'...  smdunn | 02/06/09
misinformed and meaningless  DeusExMachina | 02/06/09
As for Gerald Celente  DeusExMachina | 02/06/09
I'm just curious  fog_za | 02/05/09
You're off base on VHS vs. BetaMax  dkawalec | 02/06/09
Not at all  DeusExMachina | 02/07/09
You miss the entire point  dkawalec | 02/07/09
That is absurd  DeusExMachina | 02/07/09
Absurdity has nothing to do with it.  JohnMcPants | 02/08/09
A clearly demonstrated lack of knowledge.  DeusExMachina | 02/08/09
Not so clear  JohnMcPants | 02/08/09
Crystal  DeusExMachina | 02/09/09
An interesting analogy.  JohnMcPants | 02/09/09
alpha beta  DeusExMachina | 02/09/09
Beta? Betamax!  JohnMcPants | 02/10/09
Yes, Beta  DeusExMachina | 02/10/09
Another one of those lumping things...  JohnMcPants | 02/11/09
Back to the original point ...  dkawalec | 02/13/09
Who else can kill really?  T1Oracle | 02/04/09
Perception is 9/10ths of reality.  Spiritusindomit@... | 02/05/09
And your point is?  DeusExMachina | 02/05/09
You've just described Apple  JustDoIt | 02/06/09
Duplicate post  DeusExMachina | 02/06/09
Wow  DeusExMachina | 02/06/09
Thanks  mathcreative | 02/06/09
Intriguing  JohnMcPants | 02/08/09
Point that finger the other way round  DeusExMachina | 02/08/09
What finger?  JohnMcPants | 02/09/09
roses and thorns  DeusExMachina | 02/09/09
Maybe just thorns  JohnMcPants | 02/09/09
Still no clue  DeusExMachina | 02/09/09
Clue? I love that game.  JohnMcPants | 02/10/09
*sigh  DeusExMachina | 02/10/09
A text expulsion of gas?  JohnMcPants | 02/11/09
A poster who is unable to distinguish between their opinion and facts.  Bozzer | 02/07/09
Simple logic  DeusExMachina | 02/07/09
Are you still in school?  Bozzer | 02/08/09
Obtuseness  DeusExMachina | 02/08/09
Well, there are a lot more flaws in Vista...  914four | 02/05/09
????  xXSpeedzXx | 02/05/09
???  Jkirk3279 | 02/05/09
LOL  tikigawd | 02/05/09
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight....  comp_indiana | 02/05/09
Not true...  914four | 02/10/09
Convoluted, upside down, backwards thinking?  Synthmeister | 02/03/09
Well said!  Ken_z | 02/03/09
This is a strawman.  frgough | 02/03/09
But that's just the problem  John L. Ries | 02/03/09
Apple has business partners?  NonZealot | 02/03/09
@NonZealot  Axsimulate | 02/04/09
Don't you mean "Partners?"  Spiritusindomit@... | 02/05/09
@spiritusindomit  DeusExMachina | 02/05/09
Uh...  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 02/04/09
And don't forget  Asiafish | 02/04/09
I'd add...  914four | 02/05/09
And you know this how?  GuidingLight | 02/06/09
Seems you are confused  rdawson@... | 02/05/09
The problem with declarative statements...  DeusExMachina | 02/05/09
Win their hearts  qtrback | 02/05/09
But when you have them by the balls...  vikingnyc@... | 02/05/09
ROTFLMAO!  eMJayy | 02/07/09
Straw man  DeusExMachina | 02/05/09
No I disagree  xXSpeedzXx | 02/05/09
Leverage, Smevarage  Jkirk3279 | 02/05/09
Microsoft never revelutionized anything  xXSpeedzXx | 02/05/09
Neither did Apple  Crash2100 | 02/08/09
Actually, Microsoft HAS revolutionized something.  Joel R | 02/10/09
OSX not Linux kernel  DeusExMachina | 02/05/09
Good one!  comp_indiana | 02/05/09
Who's to say they're not?  LiquidLearner | 02/03/09
Apple laptops, not desktops, are replacing PC desktops...  kd5jos | 02/03/09
How you do that?  cccjw | 02/04/09
That's because people don't read...  Spiritusindomit@... | 02/05/09
We do read...  jojoleb@... | 02/05/09
Well said!  914four | 02/05/09
Bravo jojoleb  jimzim | 02/05/09
I think you hit on the head  xXSpeedzXx | 02/05/09
Apps  DeusExMachina | 02/05/09
Again  DeusExMachina | 02/05/09
Yes... and no...  jojoleb@... | 02/06/09
An Apple Laptop is more expensive than Dell (With Proof!!)  Bozzer | 02/07/09
Follow your own advice  DeusExMachina | 02/07/09
Nope, you are STILL WRONG!!  Bozzer | 02/08/09
Again, follow your own advice  DeusExMachina | 02/08/09
A matter of OS  JohnMcPants | 02/08/09
Clearly you are not an assembly programmer  DeusExMachina | 02/09/09
And yet I might be...  JohnMcPants | 02/09/09
Points of the thorns  DeusExMachina | 02/09/09
Part Troll?  JohnMcPants | 02/09/09
Pots and kettles  DeusExMachina | 02/09/09
And Pans?  JohnMcPants | 02/10/09
ad nauseam infinitum  DeusExMachina | 02/10/09
And yet I am not  JohnMcPants | 02/11/09
Never argue with an assembler programmer  mswift@... | 03/26/09
Funny how M$ users think they...  comp_indiana | 02/05/09
Funny?  JohnMcPants | 02/08/09
I am thinking punch cards  DeusExMachina | 02/08/09
An interesting point.  JohnMcPants | 02/09/09
Paranoia vs Creativity  qtrback | 02/05/09
Which is why...  Spiritusindomit@... | 02/05/09
lambasting?  jjarman | 02/05/09
Exactly!  pikeman666 | 02/05/09
When the .docx came out, the only program on my Mac that couldn't open...  olePigeon | 02/03/09
Microsoft Products  Asiafish | 02/04/09
Puh-lease  comp_indiana | 02/05/09
DOC/DOCX  DonBurnett | 06/09/09
Que Sera Sera ~  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 02/03/09
So...  LiquidLearner | 02/03/09
I think I lost you..  kd5jos | 02/03/09
hmmm...  bladeoz | 02/03/09
re: lost  Badgered | 02/04/09
I thought it was perfectly well worded...  Spiritusindomit@... | 02/05/09
Actually, hardware drivers on both platforms  alaniane@... | 02/05/09
Well put...  eMJayy | 02/07/09
Closed?  comp_indiana | 02/05/09
It's Funny  Mectron | 02/06/09
That's ok,  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 02/06/09
The Mac BU is on MS campus actually...  J242 | 02/03/09
I am confused as to  davebarnes | 02/03/09
Mobile phones?  James Quinn | 02/04/09
Well said  John L. Ries | 02/03/09
Well put  dfolk2 | 02/04/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  SkateNY | 02/03/09
MS does write software for the iPhone  NonZealot | 02/03/09
Yippie!  No More Microsoft Software Ever! | 02/04/09
re: yippie  rtk | 02/04/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  ChristinaBrine | 02/04/09
Lazy Web Developers  Michael Fournier | 02/04/09
Your correct.  phatkat | 02/05/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  Michael Fournier | 02/04/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  Ronin1 | 02/04/09
Only if  rdawson@... | 02/05/09
Me too!  Ronin1 | 02/05/09
M$ can't afford to pay it's own, inept, programmers  comp_indiana | 02/05/09
Apple's market cap  rtk | 02/05/09
Actually...  eMJayy | 02/07/09
88.8B to 174.8B  rtk | 02/07/09
I stand corrected...  eMJayy | 02/08/09
right, doofus  comp_indiana | 02/07/09
mind if I light your strawman?  rtk | 02/07/09
A bit of History  JohnMcPants | 02/08/09
As usual  DeusExMachina | 02/09/09
Anything but  JohnMcPants | 02/09/09
Myth and legend  DeusExMachina | 02/09/09
Generaly have a base.  JohnMcPants | 02/10/09
Keeps the doctor away  DeusExMachina | 02/10/09
So do locked doors.  JohnMcPants | 02/12/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  kd5jos | 02/05/09
Sorry to burst your bubble...  eMJayy | 02/07/09
How convenient...  comp_indiana | 02/07/09
Why is it  rtk | 02/07/09
They pirate Windows...  eMJayy | 02/08/09
Wrong side of the transaction  rtk | 02/08/09
Ignorance!  rahbm | 02/18/09
Incorrect assumption  rtk | 02/18/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  BOSS4908 | 02/05/09
Apples vs Oranges  Breetai | 02/05/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  lwright@... | 02/05/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  hdinin | 02/05/09
stupidity rules  rhon@... | 02/05/09
I can't believe you'd give jason perlow 2 words in print...  Spiritusindomit@... | 02/05/09
Allegorical concerns  Rambo Tribble | 02/05/09
Always the same..... And Apple is in front ten years ahead  Francisco Javier Dominguez Rogers | 02/05/09
Microsoft better slow way down or they will be in violation with the FTC .  Gillman_Zorgam | 02/05/09
Kudos to Synthmeister  johndecoville | 02/05/09
I would love to see M$ try...  Dave32265 | 02/05/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  Gyula Bognar, Jr. | 02/05/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  dhlarson | 02/05/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  ncgmcpherson | 02/05/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  spikedstrider | 02/05/09
Microsoft vs apple  Black Barack | 02/05/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  John McElhenney | 02/05/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  vvbs@... | 02/05/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  rcbarr83@... | 02/05/09
Dop!! Stupid Article  EricDeBerg | 02/05/09
You're Wrong  Jkirk3279 | 02/05/09
NEWS FLASH!!! ZDNET CHANGES NAME TO....  Narg | 02/05/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  david@... | 02/05/09
The whole idea is  xXSpeedzXx | 02/05/09
MS didn't "help" Apple the were caught stealing  comp_indiana | 02/05/09
Job's very wisely  rtk | 02/05/09
ok, nitpick, much?  comp_indiana | 02/07/09
Ok, fabricate much?  rtk | 02/07/09
Obfuscate much  DeusExMachina | 02/09/09
Sure sure  rtk | 02/09/09
No  DeusExMachina | 02/09/09
yes  rtk | 02/09/09
Get your facts straight  DeusExMachina | 02/09/09
Hard when you keep making up facts  rtk | 02/10/09
ad nauseam infinitum Part II  DeusExMachina | 02/10/09
re: ad nauseam infinitum Part II  rtk | 02/10/09
Microsoft ought to develop all their applications on all platforms  21_years_IT | 02/05/09
Desktops will always have a place  Michael Fournier | 02/05/09
The reason Microsoft writes apps for Mac  alaniane@... | 02/05/09
So 20th century...  Silex | 02/05/09
Mactopia is good for Microsoft  jscott418 | 02/05/09
Microsoft Should Hire Dick Cheney!!!  steven.g.kahn@... | 02/05/09
OpenOffice is actually better than MS Office  kcwookie@... | 02/05/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  kcwookie@... | 02/05/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Other side of the coin  russ99 | 02/05/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  atari8bit@... | 02/05/09
Opinions, hype, and lots of BS  Crestview | 02/05/09
You are so obviously a Windoze user!  comp_indiana | 02/05/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  jofc1 | 02/05/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  jimk_z | 02/05/09
Kill the Mac unit. We don't need Microsoft  tony_napalm | 02/06/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  aseries | 02/06/09
Pro Boxing...becomes Pro Wrestling  jabailo1 | 02/06/09
Microsoft needs to stop looking over their shoulder and just get to work...  doctorSpoc | 02/06/09
Worms, worms, and 10,000,000 more worms  Christian_<>< | 02/07/09
I don't see how Mac hurts MS  jeffk464 | 02/07/09
The reality is Apple is still a small threat globally.  xuniL_z | 02/07/09
Imagination land, what if Apple buys Microsoft  Boot_Agnostic | 02/07/09
Going further with that line of thought...  roystonlodge | 02/09/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  kalili@... | 02/08/09
Apple should just build Wine into OSX as a standard feature.  roystonlodge | 02/09/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  quasilou | 02/09/09
Just because your better means nothing  jpennie | 02/09/09
How MS could really dominate!  rahbm | 02/18/09
Really...  ExCorpGuy | 02/19/09
RE: Microsoft vs. Apple: Beware of your  gennx30 | 03/04/09
Always amazing to see so many paranoid PC user posts  GoPower | 03/25/09

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