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Apple's Unlikely Guardian Angel
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 18:05:08 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 22:50:34 -0500 To: <undisclosed-recipient:;> Subject: Apple's Unlikely Guardian Angel Apple's Unlikely Guardian Angel By Leander Kahney 02:00 AM Jan. 08, 2004 PT Apple Computer's Macintosh turns 20 years old this month. To mark the occasion, Wired News is running several stories this week about the groundbreaking machine, the people who created it and the Mac's impact on computing and culture in general. Over the years, one company has stuck by Apple through thick and thin. While plenty of other companies, friend and foe alike, abandoned the Mac platform, one firm's support never wavered. And when other companies failed to make products compatible with Macs, this software maker frequently made sure it shipped cross-platform products. In fact, without the backing of this firm, Apple likely would have died. Who is Apple's guardian angel? It's the firm that Mac users most love to hate, the bogeyman of the Mac universe, the one company whose products some Mac fans refuse to use on principle: Microsoft. Though many Mac users might be loathe to admit it, Microsoft has solidly supported the Mac from the get-go. ... http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,61801,00.html ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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