kmguru
Staff member
Today I posted the following reply in Business Week Forum. This could be a point of discussion.
When everybody say that Mac users fall in the cult status, then that becomes a reality. Partly the media is to blame. Human nature is such that we love a good fight as a spectator. We create the myth and so on. The truth is Apple is just another company trying to stay solvent by selling their ware against cheap knock-offs.
The future for Mac is bright if they can play the game right. The Internet equalized the advantages of Microsoft. You can get all the functions that you need in a computer in Mac. The only problem is still the cost. So to make it as a "Peoples Computer" will be tough. The OS X has a lot going for it because its base is in Unix OS. It can very well compete with Sun Solaris and Microsoft XP server if properly improved and marketed. Will Apple do that? I doubt it.
Many years ago, when Jobs was at Next, I asked for a free eval copy for the Next OS so that we can test it and develop an industrial software. I could not get it. So I knew, Next was doomed. Old habits die hard.
Now if they dance around a few more years, someone will use Linux and create a Popular PC (out of the box). Due to IBM's push, Linux is starting at the highend server side and when it trickles down to your desktop, Mac business will be over. A nice product to be in Smithsonian though
When everybody say that Mac users fall in the cult status, then that becomes a reality. Partly the media is to blame. Human nature is such that we love a good fight as a spectator. We create the myth and so on. The truth is Apple is just another company trying to stay solvent by selling their ware against cheap knock-offs.
The future for Mac is bright if they can play the game right. The Internet equalized the advantages of Microsoft. You can get all the functions that you need in a computer in Mac. The only problem is still the cost. So to make it as a "Peoples Computer" will be tough. The OS X has a lot going for it because its base is in Unix OS. It can very well compete with Sun Solaris and Microsoft XP server if properly improved and marketed. Will Apple do that? I doubt it.
Many years ago, when Jobs was at Next, I asked for a free eval copy for the Next OS so that we can test it and develop an industrial software. I could not get it. So I knew, Next was doomed. Old habits die hard.
Now if they dance around a few more years, someone will use Linux and create a Popular PC (out of the box). Due to IBM's push, Linux is starting at the highend server side and when it trickles down to your desktop, Mac business will be over. A nice product to be in Smithsonian though