no commentary on SCO v. Novell ?

[Craig White]

On Sat, 2010-04-03 at 18:35 -0600, Kevin Fries wrote:
> Apple was sitting on a bucket load of cash with no idea what to do
> with it.  Microsoft underestimated the strength of the Linux
> community.  Felt that a few bucks and legal support to Score would
> cause the Linux menence to go away... when it didn't work, they put in
> several more infusions of cash.
> 
> Meanwhile, with Microsoft distracted with world domination, the player
> that MS saw as the lesser threat dumped bucket loads of cash into both
> R&D and advertising.  This attack came out of nowhere, unless you were
> paying close attention to the underlying market forces.  
> 
> Apple laid in the weeds, waited for MS to over react, then hit them.
> They now increased their desktop presence by more than 10% of the
> total market, are seen as the innovator they once were, an have given
> MS a market headache far greater than the one they went after when
> they wrote Apple off for Dead.
> 
> Personally, I call that a first class sucker punch
----
#1 - what did Apple innovate lately? I must have missed it because I've
been using Linux for too long now.

#2 - I haven't seen a report that Apple is getting more than 7.3% of
desktop OS sales...
http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/01/01/survey-mac-os-hit-record-73-share-in-december-iphone-up-33/
where do you get this 10% figure?

#3 - I suppose that one could conceivably debate how Windows 7 has
essentially blunted any UI differences with OS X but it's pretty much ho
hum in my view either way... both are essentially cut from the same
cloth. The only OS less interesting in businesses than Windows 7 is OS
X. But Microsoft wins just by entrenchment alone.

Now as for real innovation... let's give the world a very large iPod
touch without the ability to use any of the accessories already
available, get people to pony up for accessories that should have been
standard features and induce them to subscribe for services like
magazines, newspapers, television content and maybe another $30 a month
for AT&T. Love that. I think the emperor has no clothes.

Craig


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