Re:Apple is just Microsoft with better marketing
by steveklabnik on Friday April 30, 2010 @01:36PM
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> First, they aren't the first company to realize that.
I meant within the consumer computer industry, sorry. It's not like they invented vertical integration.
> I agree. And I never argued that. I said that from the beginning.
Okay. It's just with quotes like "they took the easy way to quality," you seem to be saying that the process means more than the end result. That's what this all boils down to.
> Good questions/challenges. Sorry if you've had this discussion before. I've never really discussed this particular angle. Most of my friends aren't geeks!
No problem. The first computer I ever used was a Mac, so I've been having these discussions forever. I was totally the little fanboy in 7th grade, holding my copy of MacAddict with pictures of those amazing new Bondi Blue and white G3 towers, arguing with my friends that (to quote Hackers) "RISC will change everything."
In any case, it's always great to have real-actual, in-depth discussion. Thanks just as much to you.
I meant within the consumer computer industry, sorry. It's not like they invented vertical integration.
> I agree. And I never argued that. I said that from the beginning.
Okay. It's just with quotes like "they took the easy way to quality," you seem to be saying that the process means more than the end result. That's what this all boils down to.
> Good questions/challenges. Sorry if you've had this discussion before. I've never really discussed this particular angle. Most of my friends aren't geeks!
No problem. The first computer I ever used was a Mac, so I've been having these discussions forever. I was totally the little fanboy in 7th grade, holding my copy of MacAddict with pictures of those amazing new Bondi Blue and white G3 towers, arguing with my friends that (to quote Hackers) "RISC will change everything."
In any case, it's always great to have real-actual, in-depth discussion. Thanks just as much to you.