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- Mar 11, 2002
http://www.overclockers.com/articles1439/
As an ex-employee of Apple, I will say I have seen or heard of a a few stunts pulled by Apple that were quite shocking. Of course I am unable to go into detail but I'm sure at least 2 would put any evils of Microsoft to shame.
Double agents in the MS core? I would be more surprised if there were not and would bet vital organs MS has their own share at Apple. It has been going on forever in spite of both companies rigorous background searches when it comes to key positions.
Apple to blame for Vistas poor response?
Sorry, but no way. Even if it were possible, I would believe that would say less about MS than Apple. In fact, I would be quicker to believe this to be a underground spin created by Microsoft who has proven to me that they need no help producing bloated code.
Apples market gains are skewed and like everyone else in the game, they play the numbers that best favor them. Apple and its followers have been pros at this from the start, but anyone with the slightest amount of common sense could easily see through it.
As for Vistas stall, its probably 80-90% their fault. Higher hardware requirements benefit the hardware OEMs just as much as MS and they were all rubbing their greedy paws with anticipation of launch. However, they went too far and made the upgrade needs even higher than the Win 95 launch. Now the OEMs are unhappy and MS is backing them in a corner by forcing Vista sells.
And I think that is ultimately the downfall of Vista. We already had everything we wanted with XP so they try produce a way to force us to buy what we don't. How well did they really think they were going to be able to force feed us upgrade costs for performance issues and hardware rendered useless due to (conveniently)unavailable drivers? What consumer stood up an demanded bloated security/protection that only protects MS and its partners? PC gaming has been fading for a while so I am sure it was a great idea to force all of the above via DX 10.
The whole industry has gone stupid with greed. AMD shunned its fan base, who were probably responsible for at least half of their sales, to romance the big OEMs (oops). GPU makers began to think it reasonable to take out a second mortgage to buy a video card (oops). For cripes sake, we were recently introduced to a $300 NIC!
Sorry to get off on a rant, but logic tells me that eventually people will stop and say “Maybe I don't need the newest thing out” The more educated ones will add “Especially when it offers little, no or even worse performance”. Blaming it on the competition is right up there with the dog eating your homework.
As an ex-employee of Apple, I will say I have seen or heard of a a few stunts pulled by Apple that were quite shocking. Of course I am unable to go into detail but I'm sure at least 2 would put any evils of Microsoft to shame.
Double agents in the MS core? I would be more surprised if there were not and would bet vital organs MS has their own share at Apple. It has been going on forever in spite of both companies rigorous background searches when it comes to key positions.
Apple to blame for Vistas poor response?
Sorry, but no way. Even if it were possible, I would believe that would say less about MS than Apple. In fact, I would be quicker to believe this to be a underground spin created by Microsoft who has proven to me that they need no help producing bloated code.
Apples market gains are skewed and like everyone else in the game, they play the numbers that best favor them. Apple and its followers have been pros at this from the start, but anyone with the slightest amount of common sense could easily see through it.
As for Vistas stall, its probably 80-90% their fault. Higher hardware requirements benefit the hardware OEMs just as much as MS and they were all rubbing their greedy paws with anticipation of launch. However, they went too far and made the upgrade needs even higher than the Win 95 launch. Now the OEMs are unhappy and MS is backing them in a corner by forcing Vista sells.
And I think that is ultimately the downfall of Vista. We already had everything we wanted with XP so they try produce a way to force us to buy what we don't. How well did they really think they were going to be able to force feed us upgrade costs for performance issues and hardware rendered useless due to (conveniently)unavailable drivers? What consumer stood up an demanded bloated security/protection that only protects MS and its partners? PC gaming has been fading for a while so I am sure it was a great idea to force all of the above via DX 10.
The whole industry has gone stupid with greed. AMD shunned its fan base, who were probably responsible for at least half of their sales, to romance the big OEMs (oops). GPU makers began to think it reasonable to take out a second mortgage to buy a video card (oops). For cripes sake, we were recently introduced to a $300 NIC!
Sorry to get off on a rant, but logic tells me that eventually people will stop and say “Maybe I don't need the newest thing out” The more educated ones will add “Especially when it offers little, no or even worse performance”. Blaming it on the competition is right up there with the dog eating your homework.
