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Apple vs The Clones
The legal "Phalanx" is only one of several tools that Apple is heating in the furnace of hi-tech to fight the Cloners and maintain their iron grip on quality control of their hardware, which is their major commodity, AppStore etc notwithstanding.

Think back to the acquisition of the fabless chip maker PA Semiconductor a few months back: without a doubt, additional in-house functionality well beyond the capability of any cheaply-fabricated hardware will be added to future Macs and other Apple devices to clearly distinguish their bespoke product from the bottom-end (or even high-end copycat) competition.

This would have been on the planning table since they
took the decisive step of switching to the Intel chip architecture.

Expect more patents, more strategic acquisitions, and yes, more lawsuits in this never-ending battle...
Posted by: AirmanChairman   Posted on: 07/28/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Apple vs The Clones  AirmanChairman | 07/28/08
They're doing Apple a favor  Chad_z | 07/28/08
I will pay attention to your business advice  frgough | 07/28/08
Apple Sales Growth Largely Due To Vista Flop  chessmen | 07/28/08
No  timiteh | 07/28/08
AMD?  James Quinn | 07/28/08
Not sure AMD would be still alive  timiteh | 07/28/08
AMD is likely to still be alive or  alaniane@... | 07/28/08
Re: No  notsofast | 07/30/08
Apple should offer low-priced desktops....  3dtodd | 07/28/08
re: Apple should offer low-priced desktops....  TCollinsG3 | 07/28/08
re: Apple should offer low-priced desktops....  notsofast | 07/30/08
Actually, . . .  JLHenry | 07/28/08
You're honestly claiming...  bmerc | 07/29/08
Considering where Apple is vs  GuidingLight | 07/28/08
Agreed  stewymelb | 07/29/08
Repeating History  grail@... | 07/29/08
This should be no Surprise  jpr75_z | 07/28/08
Clones were the best thing to ever happen...  jasonp@... | 07/28/08
Just a question.  A Grain of Salt | 07/28/08
One word...focus  jasonp@... | 07/28/08
The asumption is though..  A Grain of Salt | 07/28/08
assumption  Badgered | 07/28/08
Good point, but  A Grain of Salt | 07/28/08
For the longest time Apple's commercials  James Quinn | 07/28/08
yep  Badgered | 07/28/08
Perhaps...  James Quinn | 07/28/08
re: Perhaps  Badgered | 07/28/08
Apple vs Dell, HP etc?  Jaips | 07/28/08
Ecosystem of enslavement...  eMJayy | 07/28/08
its a long game  dilgreen@... | 07/29/08
Look at Apple's bottom line....  James Quinn | 07/28/08
And MS has sold . . .  JLHenry | 07/28/08
My point is this....  James Quinn | 07/28/08
no  hurler1348@... | 07/28/08
Microsoft outsells Apple  frgough | 07/28/08
If sub-10% market share is Apple's goal...  jasonp@... | 07/28/08
It's not Apple's jot to "challenge" MS...  James Quinn | 07/28/08
That's the problem  GuidingLight | 07/28/08
Exactly  timiteh | 07/28/08
How so?  James Quinn | 07/28/08
Not even......  James Quinn | 07/28/08
Apple and Commodore???  jasonp@... | 07/28/08
The Mac can be said to be a Niche player...  James Quinn | 07/28/08
IBM was indeed late to the PC market  The Rationalist | 07/28/08
Kinda/Sorta...  Wolfie2K3 | 07/29/08
"The IBM PC was THE standard in the business market. "  bmerc | 07/29/08
Jasonp, are you the same as jperlow of the Tech Broiler blog?  LazLong | 07/28/08
Apple makes good money on hardware  GoPower | 07/28/08
RE: Can Apple hope to defeat the  Quebec-french | 07/28/08
Infringing IP is the new boot-legging.  JonathonDoe | 07/28/08
Apple an IBM Clone  duclod | 07/28/08
"IF" anyone can it will be Apple.  James Quinn | 07/28/08
Their location is in the South East Pacific  AdventTech67 | 07/28/08
Buy Apple Hardware? Never happening..  eMJayy | 07/28/08
Oh well......  James Quinn | 07/28/08
I voted the legal option  btidwell | 07/28/08
RE: Can Apple hope to defeat the  lcarliner@... | 07/28/08
Apple should let the cloners be...  mrlinux | 07/28/08
Apple won't  daengbo | 07/28/08
Are you being paid to kill this company?  The Rationalist | 07/28/08
Most Apple users want competition  A Grain of Salt | 07/28/08
Not the answer..  eMJayy | 07/28/08
Because it's a better way....  James Quinn | 07/28/08
Jack of all trades? That's where Apple's headed..  eMJayy | 07/28/08
That "Assumes" that Apple is trying to fool anyone.  James Quinn | 07/28/08
It's a conclusion rather than an assumption...  eMJayy | 07/28/08
It's a different way, but not necessarily a better way  alaniane@... | 07/28/08
RE: Can Apple hope to defeat the  cav-vet | 07/28/08
Did IBM make their own OS? nt  j.m.galvin | 07/28/08
Yes IBM did make their own OS  NoThomas | 07/28/08
In conjunction with MS.....  James Quinn | 07/28/08
yea kinda  NoThomas | 07/28/08
doesn't change the matter no ibm pc os at the first decade of pc  pard | 07/28/08
guess it depends on when you think the first decade was  NoThomas | 07/29/08
IBM still has its own OS  alaniane@... | 07/28/08
Common hardware doesn't mean ...  daengbo | 07/29/08
RE: Can Apple hope to defeat the  cav-vet | 07/28/08
RE: Can Apple hope to defeat the  cav-vet | 07/28/08
Much Ado About Nothing  paullkellysr | 07/28/08
Hardly....:P  James Quinn | 07/28/08
Two different markets  softwareFlunky | 07/28/08
Not just that...  eMJayy | 07/28/08
Why the need to run OS X on a PC?  Ken_z | 07/28/08
What is needed is a legal angle.  TripleII | 07/28/08
RE: Can Apple hope to defeat the  Archkittens | 07/28/08
RE: Can Apple hope to defeat the  Service@... | 07/28/08
Way around this is  brandon@... | 07/28/08
Trademark and Copyright issues  majoritywhip | 07/28/08
It seems they can win if latest rumours are to be believed  A Grain of Salt | 07/28/08
Apple will use a proprietary chipset.  People | 07/28/08
Why does Adrian hate Mac Clones so much.  Fujikid2 | 07/28/08
Fist facing toward me, middle finger sticking up  Grayson Peddie | 07/29/08
Are you paid to try to kill companies?  The Rationalist | 07/29/08
RE: Industry cycles  The Management consultant | 07/29/08
You're kidding . . . right?  TCollinsG3 | 07/29/08
RE: Apple and MS  The Management consultant | 07/29/08
RE: Can Apple hope to defeat the  kershawfamily@... | 07/29/08
just say apple  cwhull | 07/30/08
About Redmond  DaveFlash | 07/30/08
RE: Can Apple hope to defeat the  Chiatzu | 07/30/08
RE:for sale  speedracerxtreme@... | 09/12/08
RE: Can Apple hope to defeat the  kingkookie | 10/03/08

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