MacOrama für den 17. Juni 2005

"If Apple decides to open the Mac OS to others, we would be happy to offer it to our customers," schrieb Michael Dell in einer email an Fortunes David Kirkpatrick. "It's the first time any PC industry executive has openly shown enthusiasm for selling machines with Apple's software." Kirkpatrick sprach ebenfalls mit AMDs Verkaufschef: "Porting the Mac OS to Intel and bringing along all the applications will be "incredibly" expensive, he said, "and the amount [of money] Apple can get from Intel is vastly greater than what it could get from us." With a marketer's optimism, Richard continued: "Steve [Jobs] is a smart guy. He'll get as much money as he can from Intel, and then go to the best architecture." (Danke, Marc!)
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Kurz nach Mactel findet sich von Apple ein Handelsmarkenantrag für 'Numbers'. Die Bezeichnung soll für den Bereich "computer software" geschützt werden, AI spekuliert über die in iWork fehlende Spreadsheet Applikation: "So if Numbers does pertain to the rumored Apple spreadsheet application, is Apple hoping it will save iWork? A better question may be whether the company planned to include a spreadsheet application in the initial version of iWork, but somehow fell short."
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"The Queen has joined the hi-tech revolution and splashed out on the world’s hottest gadget — an iPod." So The Sun in einem exklusiven Artikel, der noch genau einen weiteren Satz umfasst. (via Tech Digest) "According to the Current Bun, Her Majesty, who never has cash with her because apparently she doesn't like the way her face is engraved on her coins, has somehow managed to buy a 6GB silver model for 169 notes and coins with her own picture on them", ergänzt The Inquirer.
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Noch ein weiterer 10.4.2 Build (8C33) gelangte laut macnews.net.tc in die Hände der Entwickler. Sollte darin kein Ungemach mehr gefunden werden, darf man heute Abend/Nacht bzw. am Montag die Softwareaktualisierung im Auge behalten.
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"As New York is hit with an onslaught of possibly its biggest tourist season ever, some new must-sees are on the list, but who would have thought the Apple SoHo store would be attracting the frumpy middle-aged German follow-the-umbrella set?" So zu lesen bei NewYorkology (via Cult of Mac).
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"The announcement of Apple-Intel partnership has created a shock inside IBM, especially that it was not known in advance or predictable. A mail has been sent internally to all IBM divisions in order to explain and minimize the impact of Apple's decision to stop current partnership with Big Blue", so ein angeblicher 'IBM Insider' gegenüber Hardmac.
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Woz in einem kleinen Interview mit Channel NewsAsia über Konkurrenzfähigkeit durch Innovation: "Now we have past the stage where innovation is the driving factor for the companies. Apple's almost a monopoly. People know what kind of computer they are going to buy. It's Macintosh, it's Apple. And Microsoft is a monopoly in its way. And it's like those companies don't really care about quality. They are going to sell just as much as ever regardless of quality. Apple strives to be a leader in new technologies and that is one of the things they are really good at. But a lot of perfection in the software haven't followed a lot of rules that are obvious to people. There was a short period of time around the Macintosh, that was the case but it's pretty much gone."
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Glaubt man einer 'Studie' der Vivaldi Partners könnte Apple problemlos unter dem eigenen Logo Mobiltelefone, Autoradios und Fernseher verkaufen und gehört damit zu den zehn am einfachsten erweiterbaren Marken. "They tested these brands with more than 4,500 consumers worldwide to gauge "how far each brand could extend given consumer perceptions." Mehr bei Forbes. (Ich mache mir derweil Gedanken über den Stoffgehalt von möglichen Victoria's Secret Badehandtüchern).
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Cringely 'korrigiert' den viel zitierten Osborne Effekt: "[...] but first I must make a correction concerning the so-called Osborne Effect, which this column and a hundred others cited during the past week as proof that Apple was taking a huge market risk by switching to Intel processors. It turns out that the history we all think we remembered wasn't exactly correct, according to Mike McCarthy, who was working at Osborne Computer when the company folded."
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Apple findet sich auf Platz 6 der Business Week Info Tech 100.