[Tfug] Alan Cox: "I've had enough"--what else is new?

[Bowie J. Poag]

Oh I agree completely. It's another titanically stupid business move 
that people will probably look back on and shake their heads.... They 
could have opened up the platform back in the early 2000's, but they 
decided to keep tying their hardware to the OS. They missed their 
opportunity to kick Microsoft clear off the map when Vista fell flat on 
its face. They were making enough money on their iPhone to allow OS X to 
be handed out like cookies, but they didn't. They missed a golden 
opportunity to completely dominate the market overnight.

Jobs did alot of acid back in the 70's.  That's the only thing I can 
think of that explains dropping the ball that badly.

Cheers,
Bowie


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> But yeah, you know, sitting here thinking about it some more, I really
> wish they would open the platform up for retail hardware. Eff the Mac
> since all it is anymore is a high priced HP/Dell, what have you.
> Personally I dont even give a Damn if they open source the whole thing
> whcih is something you'd never see anyway but still. I think its time
> that they open the platform for more than their "hardware"
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