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Rendezvous, Microsoft And Apple

Posted by Hemos on from the threats-i-think-not dept.

serendigital writes "MacCentral reports that a BusinessWeek article entitled: 'A Rendezvous with Redmond?' has -- with Rendezvous -- created an actual threat to Microsoft. As reported by MacCentral, it's interesting to note that BusinesWeek's 'Byte of the Apple' columnist Charles Haddad is on temporary leave and this article was written by a substitute columnist."

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  1. Worst quote ever in the Apple Section by teamhasnoi · · Score: 5, Funny
    Still, at the time many Apple observers reacted cautiously. "Cool app, but show me something real and meaty," seemed to be the general feeling.

    That's what she said.

    I can't believe I actually posted this. Wait...Yeah, I can.

  2. Sweet!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "You walked into a room bearing a laptop running Jaguar (the latest version of the OS X operating system) with a wireless networking (Wi-Fi) card, and you could instantly see the iTunes music files of everyone else in the room with a similar setup."

    AWESOME!!!

    -H. Rosen

  3. Re:VOIP by goombah99 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, that could replace e-mail as way of communicating. Just think about it. instead of typing you use your voice.

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  4. Re:VOIP by brarrr · · Score: 5, Funny

    >> but also a phone jack that you could plug your telephone into

    you mean like a modem?

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  5. Spend Valentine's Day downloading Windows drivers by mattbot+5000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you hurry, you might be able to get one in time to save Valentine's Day.