applematters.com— Interesting series at AppleMatters discusses what the technology landscape would look like if Microsoft never existed.
Feb 13, 2006View in Crawl 4
I think it would have horrible for computers. Not only would have Apple crippled innovation because they love to control their own hardware, software plus the fact that the price would have no punctured the demographics it has. But by now, apple would have been split for it monopolitics practices or forced to open up it's hardware and software.
Wow... just wow.... Never thought I would see so many ignorant anti apple / anti innovation comments in one place.The article was titled "what if microsoft never existed" and the first page of posts was all about how microsoft would affect that reality.... seriously, this is the kind of evidence that shows me that anti apple individuals have no imagination what so ever. They can't even stick to the point of the story for even a second.Humor me for one second and stick to the point of the article would you? I am not saying the article is right but just stick to the point of the article.
Years ago Apple made a big mistake with their arrogance about corporate data. They thought no-one wanted to share data across networks. Their motto on the first MAC was one person-one computer. They didn't even believe in hard-drives. If it weren't for Microsoft, someone else would have stepped up, but Apple would still be behind.Now of course, they have their head on straight and they are by far thebest overall platform out there.<a class="user" href="http://www.gfx.com">http://www.gfx.com</a>
Let's speculate on what would have happened if Intel had never existed. Oh yeah, we'd have had a clean 32-bit PC architecture since the 1979 when the 68000 was shipped, instead of years of 'himem' and segmented lameness from 8086 80286, 80386 CPU and all the programming bugs those horros created.
>Years ago Apple made a big mistake with their arrogance about corporate data.>They thought no-one wanted to share data across networks. um... you forgot that there has never been a Mac made without networking built in. they knew they would want to share data. where does this crazy s**t get started?
Amclusesent hits the nail right on the head. Microsoft and Intel dominance are the 2 things that impeded progress the most.BTW, Apple screwed up because they wanted to control all aspects of software. By not encouraging independent developers, they shot themselves in the foot.
letmereplynowFeb 13, 2006
I think it would have horrible for computers. Not only would have Apple crippled innovation because they love to control their own hardware, software plus the fact that the price would have no punctured the demographics it has. But by now, apple would have been split for it monopolitics practices or forced to open up it's hardware and software.
althe3rduwwFeb 13, 2006
Wow... just wow.... Never thought I would see so many ignorant anti apple / anti innovation comments in one place.The article was titled "what if microsoft never existed" and the first page of posts was all about how microsoft would affect that reality.... seriously, this is the kind of evidence that shows me that anti apple individuals have no imagination what so ever. They can't even stick to the point of the story for even a second.Humor me for one second and stick to the point of the article would you? I am not saying the article is right but just stick to the point of the article.
Closed AccountFeb 13, 2006
Years ago Apple made a big mistake with their arrogance about corporate data. They thought no-one wanted to share data across networks. Their motto on the first MAC was one person-one computer. They didn't even believe in hard-drives. If it weren't for Microsoft, someone else would have stepped up, but Apple would still be behind.Now of course, they have their head on straight and they are by far thebest overall platform out there.<a class="user" href="http://www.gfx.com">http://www.gfx.com</a>
amcluesentFeb 13, 2006
Let's speculate on what would have happened if Intel had never existed. Oh yeah, we'd have had a clean 32-bit PC architecture since the 1979 when the 68000 was shipped, instead of years of 'himem' and segmented lameness from 8086 80286, 80386 CPU and all the programming bugs those horros created.
starmanjonesFeb 14, 2006
>Years ago Apple made a big mistake with their arrogance about corporate data.>They thought no-one wanted to share data across networks. um... you forgot that there has never been a Mac made without networking built in. they knew they would want to share data. where does this crazy s**t get started?
dwhitbeckFeb 17, 2006
Amclusesent hits the nail right on the head. Microsoft and Intel dominance are the 2 things that impeded progress the most.BTW, Apple screwed up because they wanted to control all aspects of software. By not encouraging independent developers, they shot themselves in the foot.