True, but only to some extent. I mean my QWERTY works too, but not as well as another type of keyboard might. Legacy provides us a mix of what works plus some historical baggage. Just because something survived as a technology does not mean that it is necessarily the best option. Survival of the fittest is not the same as best engineered.
Cringely points out possible benefits to Apple if they enter the OS market on Intel (and has several good points). But what about the certain negatives? Apple now is a mild threat to MS's power. But if they 'infringed' on turf that was MS's, they would certainly be targeted by the giant. Is it really in Apple's best interests to rouse that big of bully? I don't think so.
Cringely mentions Netscape in his article (how by competition, MS made IE better). Look what happened in that case. Would Apple want to risk the same fate? To sacrifice themselves so that Windoz might be a little nicer to use.
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True, but only to some extent. I mean my QWERTY works too, but not as well as another type of keyboard might. Legacy provides us a mix of what works plus some historical baggage. Just because something survived as a technology does not mean that it is necessarily the best option. Survival of the fittest is not the same as best engineered.
Cringely points out possible benefits to Apple if they enter the OS market on Intel (and has several good points). But what about the certain negatives? Apple now is a mild threat to MS's power. But if they 'infringed' on turf that was MS's, they would certainly be targeted by the giant. Is it really in Apple's best interests to rouse that big of bully? I don't think so.
Cringely mentions Netscape in his article (how by competition, MS made IE better). Look what happened in that case. Would Apple want to risk the same fate? To sacrifice themselves so that Windoz might be a little nicer to use.
Come on.