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  • IBM cuts 3,900 jobs in latest round of big tech layoffs

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    danox said:
    IBM are they still around? slowly sinking into the tech sunset.
    As someone who works everyday developing on IBM Midrange systems, I can assure you that IBM is very much afloat.  Perhaps you should stick with non-enterprise stuff?
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  • Apple is engaged in a 'silent war' against Google, claim engineers

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    CheeseFreeze said:
    robin huber said:
    I strongly agree with others here that it’s not only old engineers that hold the grudge. Android is stolen property as Steve once said. I have hated them since that day. Irrational and immature? Sure, but they deserve it. 
    Stolen property the same way Apple stole the graphical UI and the mouse from Xerox?
    Or, Apple stealing the idea of a streaming music service from Spotify while they were selling individual tracks and albums?
    Or does the entire concept of “Sherlocking” ring a bell?

    Everyone does it. Grow up, man.
    It happened in 2007.

    Revolutionary as the iPhone was, you cannot (and should not) protect abstract concepts like a user interface or the idea of a touch screen. You can only parent specific methods and systems and usually not the software side, as it should be.

    That people like you continue to distort the Xerox licensing just goes to show your agenda.  People like you will literally lie to suit your agenda.  Go read up on that Xerox deal.  There's nothing "stolen" about it.
    designr

  • Apple is engaged in a 'silent war' against Google, claim engineers

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    People have an interesting revisionist view of the bad-blood between Google and Apple.  The facts were pretty obvious back in the day when the iPhone was unveiled.  Google basically stopped their Blackberry-clone Android development and immediately went to copy iOS and even admitted to it.  In Google's rush to get caught up with the iPhone's leap, Google admitted to essentially ripping off Java without licensing - resulting in a year-long court case with Oracle - as it was cheaper and quicker than developing from the ground up.

    Let's not forget then Google CEO Eric Schmidt's mole position on Apple's board while the iPhone was in development and taking off, or the argument of Steve Jobs having lunch with Schmidt at some cafe somewhere in Silicon Valley where it got heated.

    Yeah... Apple should keep the fire smoldering.  With the exception of their search technology, Google has a track record of failing in just about anything else.  Google is a snake.
    radarthekat

  • Mac Pro trade-in value plummets after M2 announcements

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    Typical Apple-haters and whiners.  How much is that Cray supercomputer worth now?  Nothing.  Computers are tools, not an investment instrument.  You will ALWAYS lose money on it.

    Those that purchased those new Mac Pros had very specific needs and it's not like they are all of a sudden inoperable.  Continue using them until they hinder your productivity.  If anything, those MacPro users should be rejoicing that that same power can no be had with next-gen technology for a fraction of the price.

    If this were any other company, no one would blink an eye.  But of course, since it's Apple... gotta hate.

    In what scenario would people not criticize Apple for making new machines far faster (and cheaper) than years-old models?
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  • Russia fines Apple $17.4 million for alleged antitrust issues

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    For once, I'd like to see Tim Cook giving the Russian government the middle-finger.

    Good luck collecting that fine Putin.  
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