Comments on: How Microsoft has become the Beleaguered Apple ‘96 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/ Daniel Eran Dilger in San Francisco Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:23:17 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Neil Anderson http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/comment-page-2/#comment-18755 Neil Anderson Sun, 17 May 2009 21:06:04 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/#comment-18755 Harrywolf said, "Microsoft wont collapse - there is a complete economic system that surrounds them, and that system wont let them fail." Is that what GM thought? Harrywolf said, “Microsoft wont collapse – there is a complete economic system that surrounds them, and that system wont let them fail.”

Is that what GM thought?

]]> By: Gates, Seinfeld and the $300 Million Ad to Nowhere. — RoughlyDrafted Magazine http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/comment-page-2/#comment-12207 Gates, Seinfeld and the $300 Million Ad to Nowhere. — RoughlyDrafted Magazine Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:27:58 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/#comment-12207 [...] How Microsoft has become the Beleaguered Apple ‘96 [...] [...] How Microsoft has become the Beleaguered Apple ‘96 [...]

]]> By: Myths of Snow Leopard 4: Exchange is the Only New Feature! Apple’s limited comments on Snow Leopard, the next version of Mac OS X due in about a year, have opened the playing field for rampant speculation. Here’s a look at a series of myths th http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/comment-page-2/#comment-9693 Myths of Snow Leopard 4: Exchange is the Only New Feature! Apple’s limited comments on Snow Leopard, the next version of Mac OS X due in about a year, have opened the playing field for rampant speculation. Here’s a look at a series of myths th Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:28:23 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/#comment-9693 [...] Why the World Went Windows How Microsoft has become the Beleaguered Apple ‘96 10 FAS: 10 - Apple’s Mac and iPhone Security Crisis You Can’t Always Have What You Want. [...] [...] Why the World Went Windows How Microsoft has become the Beleaguered Apple ‘96 10 FAS: 10 – Apple’s Mac and iPhone Security Crisis You Can’t Always Have What You Want. [...]

]]> By: Eric http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/comment-page-2/#comment-9386 Eric Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:17:04 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/#comment-9386 <strong>Eric...</strong> That is very interesting.... Eric…

That is very interesting….

]]> By: WWDC 2008: Future UI Designs in Mac OS X 10.6 — RoughlyDrafted Magazine http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/comment-page-2/#comment-9021 WWDC 2008: Future UI Designs in Mac OS X 10.6 — RoughlyDrafted Magazine Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:37:10 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/#comment-9021 [...] How Microsoft has become the Beleaguered Apple ‘96 The Road to a More Consistent UI is Paved with iTunes. Apple’s dominate market leading app is iTunes. The company certainly doesn’t have a monopoly there; Windows Media is far more entrenched thanks to its tied bundling, and there are any number of alternative media apps and content stores people can use, from Amazon to Napster to eMusic. However, iTunes is Apple’s UI bellwether, and regularly gets used to show off and advance new user interface concepts. [...] [...] How Microsoft has become the Beleaguered Apple ‘96 The Road to a More Consistent UI is Paved with iTunes. Apple’s dominate market leading app is iTunes. The company certainly doesn’t have a monopoly there; Windows Media is far more entrenched thanks to its tied bundling, and there are any number of alternative media apps and content stores people can use, from Amazon to Napster to eMusic. However, iTunes is Apple’s UI bellwether, and regularly gets used to show off and advance new user interface concepts. [...]

]]> By: Partners in Grime http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/comment-page-2/#comment-8445 Partners in Grime Mon, 19 May 2008 03:52:38 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/#comment-8445 Pages is a wonderful app with its professionally designed templates. I am constantly amazed at what can be accomplished with Pages. Pages is a wonderful app with its professionally designed templates. I am constantly amazed at what can be accomplished with Pages.

]]> By: Partners in Grime http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/comment-page-2/#comment-8444 Partners in Grime Mon, 19 May 2008 03:50:57 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/#comment-8444 Amazing that Apple pulls in half the revenue of Microsoft. I expect that to increase rapidly with the iPhone platform SDK results coming on-stream soon. Amazing that Apple pulls in half the revenue of Microsoft. I expect that to increase rapidly with the iPhone platform SDK results coming on-stream soon.

]]> By: Ephilei http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/comment-page-2/#comment-8122 Ephilei Wed, 07 May 2008 21:10:32 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/#comment-8122 I work in the Salvation Army. We use Lotus Notes and love being cheap. Even with the cost free integration of an office suite into Notes, we're keeping Office as de facto because it's so common and (with a special deal from MS) quite cheap. I work in the Salvation Army. We use Lotus Notes and love being cheap. Even with the cost free integration of an office suite into Notes, we’re keeping Office as de facto because it’s so common and (with a special deal from MS) quite cheap.

]]> By: harrywolf http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/comment-page-2/#comment-7796 harrywolf Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:49:58 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/#comment-7796 Microsoft wont collapse - there is a complete economic system that surrounds them, and that system wont let them fail. There are millions of people who need the daily mess of Windows to pay their mortgages and feed their kids. If computing is to evolve into a world where maintenance is cheap and common sense prevails, ( a Mac and Linux world, lets say) then we are talking about a revolution in human behaviour. Unlikely. Microsoft is a typical company in our flawed world. They do lots of things wrong, are grossly inefficient, suffer envy and jealousy and greed for power. In other words, normal. Apple has a visionary in charge, makes a beautiful product, is interested in style, is very efficient, by comparison. In other words, abnormal. I dont believe that Microsoft and Apple are even faintly comparable, and are not even in the same business. Apple are a very special business, one that could be making electric cars in 10 years, such is their design and vision of a different world. Microsoft is just a normal, dull, fearful business; hopelessly stuck in behaviour that ought to hasten its downfall, but doesnt. Apple is what we might be, were we to look beyond our pointless fears, suspicions and insane delusions; Microsoft is what we have become, a daily reality of grinding tedium and fear. The 'battle' between M$ and Apple is a microcosm of our world, where the good and sane battle the other 95%, the masses who live on fear and distrust, who vote for war and believe in a variety of Death Cults (mainstream religion), and are addicted to magical thinking and delusion. Microsoft wont collapse – there is a complete economic system that surrounds them, and that system wont let them fail.

There are millions of people who need the daily mess of Windows to pay their mortgages and feed their kids.

If computing is to evolve into a world where maintenance is cheap and common sense prevails,
( a Mac and Linux world, lets say) then we are talking about a revolution in human behaviour.
Unlikely.

Microsoft is a typical company in our flawed world. They do lots of things wrong, are grossly inefficient, suffer envy and jealousy and greed for power.
In other words, normal.

Apple has a visionary in charge, makes a beautiful product, is interested in style, is very efficient, by comparison.
In other words, abnormal.

I dont believe that Microsoft and Apple are even faintly comparable, and are not even in the same business.

Apple are a very special business, one that could be making electric cars in 10 years, such is their design and vision of a different world.

Microsoft is just a normal, dull, fearful business; hopelessly stuck in behaviour that ought to hasten its downfall, but doesnt.

Apple is what we might be, were we to look beyond our pointless fears, suspicions and insane delusions; Microsoft is what we have become, a daily reality of grinding tedium and fear.

The ‘battle’ between M$ and Apple is a microcosm of our world, where the good and sane battle the other 95%, the masses who live on fear and distrust, who vote for war and believe in a variety of Death Cults (mainstream religion), and are addicted to magical thinking and delusion.

]]> By: Rip Ragged http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/comment-page-2/#comment-7677 Rip Ragged Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:49:23 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/04/19/how-microsoft-has-become-the-beleaguered-apple-96/#comment-7677 I agree they have more time than Apple did, but I suspect the fall will be swift. Not because of the lock-in alone, but for a combination of factors. The way they're spending money to fight the fall will hasten it. As their money evaporates so will their buffer. Add to that the innovation going on around them while they are paralyzed. Their technology becomes more burdensome than useful every day. If they retrench and rebuild they may last a while longer. If they continue to try to stretch, as Apple seemingly is forcing them to do, the fall will be sudden and ugly. I agree they have more time than Apple did, but I suspect the fall will be swift. Not because of the lock-in alone, but for a combination of factors. The way they’re spending money to fight the fall will hasten it. As their money evaporates so will their buffer.

Add to that the innovation going on around them while they are paralyzed. Their technology becomes more burdensome than useful every day.

If they retrench and rebuild they may last a while longer. If they continue to try to stretch, as Apple seemingly is forcing them to do, the fall will be sudden and ugly.

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