more on Going for Broke / Apple's Decision to Use Intel Processors Is Nothing Less Than an Attempt to Dethrone Microsoft. Really.

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

I want to repeat -- often I send material from soirces that I dont  
agree with etc. All opinions

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From: JD <j_C () mvps org>
Date: June 12, 2005 7:57:17 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Going for Broke / Apple's Decision to Use Intel  
Processors Is Nothing Less Than an Attempt to Dethrone Microsoft.  
Really.


I work at Intel. This article circulated there and was ridiculed  
without pity. I can't imagine how anyone can get it so wrong. Read  
what Jobs said. There is no reason to believe he was less than  
straightforward about the reasons.

-Jack Dahlgren


----- Original Message ----- From: "David Farber" <dave () farber net>
To: "Ip ip" <ip () v2 listbox com>
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Subject: [IP] Going for Broke / Apple's Decision to Use Intel  
Processors Is Nothing Less Than an Attempt to Dethrone Microsoft.  
Really.




> comments more than welcome
>
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> From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
> Date: June 12, 2005 7:38:25 AM EDT
> To: undisclosed-recipient:;
> Subject: Going for Broke / Apple's Decision to Use Intel  
> Processors  Is Nothing Less Than an Attempt to Dethrone Microsoft.  
> Really.
>
>
>
> Going for Broke
> Apple's Decision to Use Intel Processors Is Nothing Less Than an
> Attempt to Dethrone Microsoft. Really.
>
> By Robert X. Cringely
> June 9, 2005
>
> The crowd this week in San Francisco at Apple's World Wide Developers
> Conference seemed mildly excited by the prospect of its favorite
> computer company turning to Intel processors. The CEO of Adobe asked
> why it had taken Apple so long to make the switch? Analysts on Wall
> Street were generally positive, with a couple exceptions. WHAT THE
> HECK IS GOING ON HERE!? Are these people drunk on Flav-r-Ade? Yes. It
> is the legendary Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field at work. And
> this time, what's behind the announcement is so baffling and
> staggering that it isn't surprising that nobody has yet figured it
> out until now.
>
> Apple and Intel are merging.
>
> Let's take a revisionist look at the Apple news, asking a few key
> questions. The company has on its web site a video of the speech,
> itself, which is well worth watching. It's among this week's links.
>
> ...
>
> http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20050609.html
>
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