Daring to Dream: Apple & IBM

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Posted by Hemos on Monday December 6, 2004 @05:13AM from the an-unlikely-marriage dept.

Anonymous writes "The Register has a comment piece of the marriage (speculative) between IBM and Apple. Although wildly speculative, it is not improbable. With IBM already supplying PowerPCs to Apple and Apple having not signed up to IBM's PowerPC consortia, there are hints in this get-together. Apple would also supply IBM with the "lifestyle" side of things. If it does happen, it would be most interesting."

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Whoof by daeley · 2004-12-06 05:16 · Score: 5, Funny

I just had a weird waking dream. Charlie Chaplain, on roller skates, was brandishing his cane at the Big Brother screen in the 1984 commercial.

I need more coffee...

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IB-Apple by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-06 05:17 · Score: 5, Funny

IB-Apple
i(B)Apple
Apple'BM
iAppleBeMe
BeMiApp le
?
1. Re:IB-Apple by Deinhard · 2004-12-06 06:49 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  IB-Apple - Too "ebonic"
  i(B)Apple - Too mathematic
  Apple'BM - Too scatalogical
  iAppleBeMe - Too narcissitic
  BeMiApple - Too valentine-y
  
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Very, very old, obligatory joke by nsayer · 2004-12-06 05:38 · Score: 5, Funny

Q. What to you get when you combine Apple and IBM?

A. IBM.

Shamelessly stolen from Apple Confidential.
1. Re:Very, very old, obligatory joke by savagedome · 2004-12-06 05:44 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I am thinking iBM ;)
  
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Re:Except... by pete-classic · 2004-12-06 05:45 · Score: 5, Funny

Hey, frogs could grow claws and live in toilets too!

I have just overcome my fear of sharks in the toilet. I hope you realize you've just ruined my life.

-Peter
Re:Would never happen... by Mattintosh · 2004-12-06 06:15 · Score: 5, Funny

Uhhh, do you use a hair sharpener, or is it just naturally pointy?

By the way, both companies have a heavy-duty nerd culture in the depths, hidden away where no one sees it much. Apple glosses it over with hippie chic. IBM uses yuppie chic instead. Underneath that *ppie chic, they're more alike than anyone wants to admit.

Basically, the only groups that would have to be kept separate would be the marketing departments. And even then, the marketers wouldn't be stepping on each others' shoes, since Apple sells end-user gadgetry and IBM is now a server-room iron and polish vendor.

Even armchair PHB's miss the clue boat. Jeez...
Re:Except... by yardbird · 2004-12-06 07:13 · Score: 5, Funny

1. Find a slashdot-reading friend who hasn't read slashdot yet today.
2. Show him the text of the parent post
3. Ask him to guess in which front-page slashdot story this bizarre comment was actually relevant

Hilarity ensues.

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Re:Can you imagine? by Hope+Thelps · 2004-12-06 08:04 · Score: 5, Funny

designed for the sole porpoise

When you put it like that, it does sound a bit fishy.

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