Replying to a message of Ross Cassell to Dave Drum:

 DD>> That will NEVER happen ... because I will never own an Ipod or
 DD>> anything else that enriches those arrogant twits at Apple. If I want
 DD>> an MP-3 player there are a huge number to choose from ... for a lot
 DD>> less money than anything from yApple.

 RC> It is because of their arrogance as to why their platform doesnt have
 RC> the marketshare that PC's have. Had they used the IBMPC compatibility
 RC> model, you would have had a well balanced computer marketplace and
 RC> Microsoft itself would be more humble. Lets face it the Apple
 RC> Operating System is incredibly stable and can do more with lesser
 RC> hardware.

IBM went with open architecture on the PC for a number of reasons, gaining
market share over the existing S-100 bus among them but primarily because
of its consent agreement with the government over its antitrust case.  That's
also the reason IBM hired M$ to provide the OS rather than developing one in-
house, the government wasn't about to allow IBM to own the PC market as it
did the rest of the computer market.  When IBM tried to recapture and control
the PC market with a proprietary system (the PS/2), it flopped even though it
was superior to anything else on the market at the time..

--- FleetStreet 1.19+