I know Corel has done a lot of "platform agnostic" work getting their apps to run on everything. Perhaps they have aspirations of a Corel OS based on the Amiga OS to give their apps a centerpiece and elevate themselves to true MS competitors, even if they aren't. Seems like everyone but MS is going to a *NIX base nowadays. Wonder why:P
Well, in Holland they've had public Internet Kiosks for quite a while now. They use the same phonecard as the phone system does, and the rates seem quite reasonable. It seems to be a comptetition who can leave it showing the worst porn site.
I might be wrong, but didn't Apple start the beige trend that they decided to kill with the iMac?
In the auto industry, this would be a no contest win for a compnay like Apple. Say the GM decided to *clone* (not mimic) a car with distinctive styling (say, the new VW beetle) with cheaper parts. You bet your ass that VW would sue GM and win, and nobody here would be surprised. Because of this, I can't understand all the fuss here.
The sad thing about the whole thing is that PC manufacturers aside from Apple are too cheap to invest any real effort into creative design, so they end up ripping off Apple's efforts when they are successful instead of coming up with something of their own.
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I know Corel has done a lot of "platform agnostic" work getting their apps to run on everything. Perhaps they have aspirations of a Corel OS based on the Amiga OS to give their apps a centerpiece and elevate themselves to true MS competitors, even if they aren't. Seems like everyone but MS is going to a *NIX base nowadays. Wonder why :P
Well, in Holland they've had public Internet Kiosks for quite a while now. They use the same phonecard as the phone system does, and the rates seem quite reasonable. It seems to be a comptetition who can leave it showing the worst porn site.
Do they not qualify as an "internet phone booth"?
I might be wrong, but didn't Apple start the beige trend that they decided to kill with the iMac?
In the auto industry, this would be a no contest win for a compnay like Apple. Say the GM decided to *clone* (not mimic) a car with distinctive styling (say, the new VW beetle) with cheaper parts. You bet your ass that VW would sue GM and win, and nobody here would be surprised. Because of this, I can't understand all the fuss here.
The sad thing about the whole thing is that PC manufacturers aside from Apple are too cheap to invest any real effort into creative design, so they end up ripping off Apple's efforts when they are successful instead of coming up with something of their own.
I sincerely hope Apple wins this one.