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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 12:37 PM Original message |
Microsoft's Bill Gates Praises Apple's Steve Jobs For 'Saving the Company' |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good on Gates. nt |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Right, after Gates stole Apple's ideas (still does) tried to bury Apple through the years-Now Gates |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 02:33 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Remember who stole it first |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. The "stole" story has been debunked for |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
36. "on"? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. Okay, that is weird... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Registry while pain for home users is indispensible for enterprise support. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Does anyone actually know what everything in Registry does? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I doubt a single person knows that every line does but that is common on any large system. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
35. Scotty does. |
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jaybeat (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. So shouldn't the TCO of Windoze machines be less than that of OS X machines? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Yeah they are and that is why Mac marketshare in enterprise world is essentially 0.0% |
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jaybeat (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Bwahahaha! Please tell me you're joking! |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. I fail to see why MS taking the 'best' features of other desktop enviroments and using them is a bad |
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jaybeat (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. That's not what MS has done |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. The problem is, they DIDN'T do that |
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B3Nut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Back in the DOS days, my boss was formatting floppies |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Sounds like someone needed to give your boss a little lesson in DOS commands |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. I suspect Steve jobs |
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Hyper_Eye (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. KDE and OS X have obviously borrowed from each other for a long time. |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. Good for him! |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. At lunch |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. LOL - Dunno |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 03:04 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Steve pays for the bill. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. He should praise him since he copied the Mac GUI 20 years ago |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Shouldn't he praise PARC then? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Exactly. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. And another Hindenberg of Apple Sanctimony goes DOWN. Thanks nt |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. A little more info from the court case. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Solid insights, as always nt |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 03:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. Icon: Xerox. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Right. Microsoft stole from Apple's innovations. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
40. Yes, for those who want to learn more, see the documentary "Triumph of the Nerds." |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. When was the last time Apple made any hardware? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Very very very long time. |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. This tells me really how much Bill Gates is "out of touch" |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. One of the things Apple does well... |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 01:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
30. Apple invents the devices, then partners with custom mfrs to design and build the hardware. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 03:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
34. Define "made"? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. Gates and Jobs have had a love hate thing forever |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. Re: Steve Jobs, the CEO of ??? arch-rival ??? Apple |
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