Mac moves designed to give MS migraines
Running Mac OS on x86 platforms puts Jobs up against Gates.
MacWorld showed us that Jobs is running the old migration-to-the- PC-idea up the familiar flagpole. While the eventual target for such a strategic move is the erosion of Microsoft's desktop OS market share, the nearer-term targets for Jobs' words are manufacturers and tier-one OEMs such as Dell, and HP. [The Inquirer]
This article does a good job of going over what would be needed if Apple is to make a serious push into the OC world. Talk about OS wars! This would be a battle that could reshape the whole PC industry. I think Apple may also be waiting to see what the judge does to MS. An MS shackled by the courts is a reasonable target. An MS with no limits will simply try to bury Apple...mj
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