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Apple relies on its reputation...
so it did not want the Apple branded logo on a cheap box
even though the clones outsold the real authentic Apple
systems
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Even Microsoft believes in Apple  MarcB_z | 01/23/04
Apple and Open Standards  Aphelion | 01/23/04
Apple and open Standards?  ShadeTree | 01/23/04
RE: Apple and open Standards?  JakAttak | 01/23/04
OS X may be a proprietary operating system, but ...  balsover | 01/23/04
Don't you dare compare Apple to M$.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/24/04
But nothing  Richard Flude | 01/25/04
osX is a proprietary gui environment  mactek.net | 01/25/04
BSD is proprietary?  stephen732@... | 01/23/04
Not BSD!  ShadeTree | 01/26/04
Open Standards/Open Source  MarcB_z | 01/23/04
If there is a market for it...  balsover | 01/23/04
It's all about bang for the buck...  gtdworak | 01/23/04
what volkswagon did you buy?  LightningShrike | 01/23/04
Actually...  BitTwiddler | 01/23/04
True  LightningShrike | 01/23/04
I'd rather have the VW.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/24/04
Another thing  LightningShrike | 01/23/04
Darned fine article...  BitTwiddler | 01/23/04
On clones  j.m.galvin | 01/23/04
I never said...  BitTwiddler | 01/23/04
Apple relies on its reputation...  mactek.net | 01/25/04
Scorn??  Don Bradley | 01/23/04
People don't know  j.m.galvin | 01/23/04
Well, at least  Don Bradley | 01/23/04
Clones were killing Apple sales though  tic swayback | 01/23/04
All hardware-monopoly models are losers. Can you admit it?  Vily Clay | 01/23/04
Gee, I'd love to be a millionaire profitable "loser"  tic swayback | 01/23/04
Down from the ($) majority to ($) minority is a way up? (NT)  Vily Clay | 01/23/04
Staying in business and making money  tic swayback | 01/23/04
Thus, you admitted that Apple is a MS servant.  Vily Clay | 01/23/04
Not as such  tic swayback | 01/23/04
With a winning set you have no risk if ? you know how to play with.  Vily Clay | 01/23/04
So did BeOS (NT)  tic swayback | 01/24/04
It is a good practice to learn a game before you play.  Vily Clay | 01/24/04
How can you learn what doesn't exist?  tic swayback | 01/26/04
OK. I will simplify it for you.  Vily Clay | 01/26/04
Worse does not equal bad  tic swayback | 01/26/04
Let?s start from the basic: Why hardware monopoly is good? (NT)  Vily Clay | 01/26/04
Good and bad  tic swayback | 01/26/04
I hope you know the definition of monopoly.  Vily Clay | 01/27/04
Apple did quite well with Clone before the MAC  voska | 01/23/04
Times change  tic swayback | 01/23/04
It's all in the past  voska | 01/23/04
How it sounds: ?I serve Hitler because I afraid of him??  Vily Clay | 01/23/04
How about this...  tic swayback | 01/24/04
They did not learn gambling before they played. (NT)  Vily Clay | 01/24/04
So freakin' what? (NT)  MarcB_z | 01/23/04
Drop the hardware-monopoly model and let?s live?(NT)  Vily Clay | 01/23/04
Yes, throw away your successful business to make Vily happy  tic swayback | 01/23/04
If Apple would build Mac OS on IBM clones (20 years ago) ? ...  Vily Clay | 01/23/04
Sometimes it is too late  tic swayback | 01/24/04
There are always winning solutions for guys who are looking for them. (NT)  Vily Clay | 01/24/04
Huge profits are a winning solution  tic swayback | 01/25/04
Thus, Apple?s winning solution is living under MS forever (?) NT  Vily Clay | 01/26/04
No, just living apart and beside Microsoft  tic swayback | 01/26/04
Steve Jobs wanted to be the ONE. He lost. The World is not balanced.  Vily Clay | 01/26/04
Why must there be only one?  tic swayback | 01/26/04
According to you the World has no choice as MS monopoly. (NT)  Vily Clay | 01/26/04
No, some choice now, more eventually  tic swayback | 01/26/04
But you wrote Apple should not compete with MS.  Vily Clay | 01/27/04
Your "proof" doesn't make any sense.  olePigeon | 01/25/04
Think twice, please. You just proved why Apple is a loser.  Vily Clay | 01/26/04
Portable video players? Who really wants one?  tic swayback | 01/23/04
portable video players - i want one  hipparchus | 01/23/04
In a Tech Magazine a few years ago  voska | 01/23/04
maybe they will learn from this.  Arrg | 01/23/04
Why Intel?  tic swayback | 01/23/04
good point!!  Arrg | 01/23/04
Hindsight is 20-20  tic swayback | 01/23/04
true  Arrg | 01/23/04
Risky  tic swayback | 01/23/04
On the other hand...  balsover | 01/23/04
Not gonna happen  tic swayback | 01/23/04
Apple isn't making money?  MarcB_z | 01/23/04
No, methinks its you that don't get it.....  mlindl | 01/26/04
Apple didn't notice Microsoft back then  voska | 01/23/04
More hindsight  tic swayback | 01/23/04
It's would be interesting  voska | 01/23/04
WARNING: Simplistic BS spread here  Richard Flude | 01/25/04
It's NOT just the OS!  MarcB_z | 01/23/04
You missed the point  Arrg | 01/23/04
No, YOU are missing the point  MarcB_z | 01/23/04
I disagree  voska | 01/23/04
How smart? Really  Richard Flude | 01/25/04
This is pretty funny...  sd_0001 | 01/23/04
Where'd you get that one?  tic swayback | 01/23/04
ok, outlandish..  sd_0001 | 01/23/04
what are you smoking?  doh123 | 01/24/04
no...not VPC  sd_0001 | 01/25/04
Non-Motorola  tic swayback | 01/25/04
Imagine a conversation ?  Vily Clay | 01/23/04
Vily - usual clueless apple rants  bgoss@... | 01/25/04
You have no arguments, but you talk ?  Vily Clay | 01/25/04
Try to imagine this  tic swayback | 01/25/04
Corrections.  Vily Clay | 01/26/04
Missing the point  tic swayback | 01/26/04
You do not see Apple as it is. Try again. (NT)  Vily Clay | 01/26/04
And you still can not justify your schemes  tic swayback | 01/26/04
If you want to live with closed eyes - live with it.  Vily Clay | 01/27/04
Vily Vily Vily  bgoss@... | 01/26/04
I suggest you to live in a city instead of jungles.  Vily Clay | 01/27/04
Broken record  TWRX | 01/25/04
not so outlandish  buddhistMonkey | 01/25/04
exactly right  JWatson77 | 01/24/04
Reasonable expectations?  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/24/04
ZDNet - true to form  Richard Flude | 01/25/04
hmmmm, isn't that awful X86 still faster?  zeusfuse | 01/25/04
Time to feed the troll  Richard Flude | 01/25/04
you missed my point...  zeusfuse | 01/28/04
ZD's Apple/Mac-bashing on its 20th Anniv. is par for the course.  dicktaurus@... | 01/25/04
Paul Allen not the only owner  tic swayback | 01/25/04

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