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  • Apple 'an amazing company' says Microsoft's Bill Gates

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    sflocal said:
    I'm stunned and dismayed that a site like AppleInsider, even in the year 2018, continues to peddle the falsehood that Bill Gates was Apple's saviour! This has been debunked OVER and OVER again, and is a blunt LIE that was peddled by mainstream media in the late 90's whilst Apple was in dire straights.

    Please REMOVE the phrase "and one-time savior of Apple" from the opening statement, it's a blunt and proven lie!
    Apple and Microsoft were battling due to MS' infringement of Quicktime codec.  Apple was also very close to losing it all.  While "Savior" may be a bit melodramatic, I don't expect anything less from the media (including AI) to fluff pieces and claim "that's what everyone does".  

    The reality is that Apple really needed that $150m to prevent going under.  Call it whatever you want, but that money did keep Apple afloat long enough for Steve Jobs to set a clear and profitable course.
    In no way is it a lie, or a "fluff."

    Like it or not, there is no question that the money, the development deal to make sure that Office (and Internet Explorer!) remained on the Mac, plus the cessation of the QuickTime lawsuit saved Apple's ass.
    No, Magman is correct.  This was not some kind of altruistic side of Microsoft or even an action designed to provide good "optics".  It was a settlement for a lawsuit where Microsoft was caught red handed stealing code from quicktime.  

    Here's an article that describes what actually happened, written some 20 years closer to the actual event.

    https://www.theregister.co.uk/1998/10/29/microsoft_paid_apple_150m/

    "David Boies, attorney for the DoJ, noted that John Warden, for Microsoft, had omitted to quote part of a handwritten note by Fred Anderson, Apple's CFO, in which Anderson wrote that "the [QuickTime] patent dispute was resolved with cross-licence and significant payment to Apple." The payment was $150 million."

    No, Microsoft did not choose to "save" Apple, it was settlement for stolen quicktime code, plain and simple.
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  • Calls for Tim Cook's resignation over Apple Intelligence miss that he has made Apple what ...

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    Absolutely ridiculous. As a Mac customer since the 1990s it's clear to me the Mac has never been in a better place.  Steve Jobs would have been delighted with what they have been able to achieve with Apple Silicon for the Mac and they make "the whole widget" now just as he always wanted.  On top of that Tim Cook is an absolute logistics and supply genius and people underestimate how much this has meant to Apple becoming what it is today.  As an Apple shareholder I would like to see Tim stay on for a long while yet.
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  • Tim Cook isn't going to get fired, and Steve Jobs isn't rolling over in his grave

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    Steve was smart enough to spot his best possible successor and he was right.  Tim Cook is a stellar CEO and this entire suggestion he is in trouble is just laughable.  The only Apple "product" I still have since Steve's day that is not now obsolete is my holding in Apple stock and that is way better than ever thanks to the logistical genius of Tim Cook.
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  • Tim Cook: We spent on AI companies in the quarter, but nobody big

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    ApplePoor said:
    Not going to be lots of "Thanks" coming from the hundreds of millions who purchased the iPhone 16 models that were falsely advertised last year they would have a working "Siri assistant" in 2024/2025.

    Folks should just pass on the iPhone 17 series that is rumored to get 12GB of ram when next year we will see 16GB of ram on every Apple product as the minimum for Apple AI (what ever that means) and all prior generations will have crippled performance due to insufficient memory.

    The tariffs will just add insult to injury to the buying public. Hopefully, Apple sales tank and they have an awakening that lying to the customer base has consequences.

    Somehow, from 1990 to 2024, Apple was able to introduce new products without a bunch of significant lies. The deceptive advertising happened on Tim Cook's watch and there should be negative responses from the Board of Directors and certainly NO bonus money or stock options. Somebody has to be held accountable that is currently employed or soon to be a "former" employee of Apple.
    I don’t know, the true state of Apple Intelligence has been known for a while now and they still smashed their most recent quarter well beyond expectations.  As an Apple shareholder and long time customer I’m delighted with the Tim Cook era.
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  • Windows won't dominate enterprise in a decade, says outgoing Jamf CEO

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    Interesting article.  Under Ballmer/Gates I would have said "no way" but this is a different MS now.  They care more about the cloud and their apps running on everything now more so than the user OS.  The article is right, they have no viable portable platform now, iOS and Android dominate and are more important than desktop or laptop OS instances now.  The Windows OEM business is actually worth much less in terms of revenue than just the Mac business alone and is utterly dwarfed by iPhone and iPad.  End point IS dying for Windows and with it being a diminishing part of MS revenue their focus is going to be "azure, office 365 and Xbox in the cloud for all" more so than protecting a shrinking user OS share.
    williamlondonappleinsideruserwatto_cobra

  • Microsoft says that if Apple isn't stopped now, its antitrust behavior will just get worse...

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    Wow, this is an Onion article surely.
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  • 'Price is Right' contestants nowhere close to Apple Vision Pro's astronomical price

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    thedba said:
    skingers said:
    "The Price is Right" contestants may not be the target audience for this.
    And who or how many amongst us Appleinsider forum goers are the target demographic for this device?
    Early adopters willing to pay the premium for tomorrow's tech today and developers.  Anyone who thought it was even meant for "consumers" was not listening to Apple's projections for this.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple shareholders sue over Siri delays and massive losses

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    So if you think AI is so critical why not ask IT why apple stock has declined.  I asked chat GPT why the decline since December and it said :

    "    Apple's stock has declined since December 2024 due to several factors. Analysts have downgraded the stock, citing concerns over soft iPhone sales, particularly in China, and potential regulatory risks affecting its services business. Additionally, the company faces increased competition in the Chinese market, with local brands gaining market share."

    "cos Siri is not as smart as me yet" was not what it said.
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