news of 2003-12-09
More from Enderle...
But let's post macdailynews.com's 'distillation' (and macdailynews' answers) of Enderle's newest column (our answers in italics):
1) IT people who choose Macintosh risk being fired. - Anecdotal evidence based upon one story doesn't mean squat. Pure FUD.
Erh... Rob?
2) Some people don't want to pay for new operating systems, they want Apple to do all of the work for free. -
Some people are cheap and/or not too bright.
And Enderle seems to have got it wrong. You don't _pay_ for Panther when buying a new Mac now. The OS's in the box.
3) Don't buy an iPod or use the iTunes Music Store because Apple might go out of business and then all of your music will be worthless and you'll have to buy it all again. - Apple has been "going out of business" for over two decades according to these types. If they ever actually did go out of business, at the very least, users could burn CDs and import them into whichever format they'd like.
Enderle has repeatedly said Apple was going out of business. For years, I believe. So... Let's start this: Enderle's going out of business. Soon.
4) Apple won't make a Tablet PC because Steve Jobs killed the Newton and won't admit that was a mistake. - Maybe Apple won't make a Tablet PC because they are so niche that there is no reason to bother making them right now or ever. "Nobody is able to actually be profitable making the Tablet PC," said Campell Kan, the chief officer of Acer's notebook products division, September 30, 2003.
Argueing doesn't seem Enderle's strength. What logic is behind the thought that Apple won't make a tablet because of Newton's demise?
5) The iPod is a bad PDA. - Depends on what you want your PDA to do. The iPod is a music player, not a PDA - the PDA functions it does have are there for the user's convenience.
Who ever said iPod was a PDA?
6) Apple has no smartphone product. - Right. Does Apple need to have a smartphone product? Can Apple make money on a smartphone?
Getting angry now... Has Enderle got a, hmm, brain product?
7) The Switcher campaign failed. - We weren't aware there was an official "end time" for measuring the Switcher campaign's success. How does Enderle know it won't prove to be successful with time?
No, let's be fair. The switch campaign was really bad (I _mean_ that) and didn't work. Numbers show this. Actually, I just don't like the switchers ads. Too lame. Gimme edge.
8) Steve Jobs doesn't think "outside the box." - Rob Enderle is an idiot.
Rob Enderle is a troll.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-09 at 23:15 CET ]
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Mac OS X 10.3.2 7D20 for Premier members
According to one source, 7D20 has only been seeded to Premier, not Select ADC members. And according to another source, the 'Macromedia bug' has been fixed in this build.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-09 at 22:46 CET ]
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"Mac OS X Unwired" by O'Reilly
Their new book (sample chapter available at the link) covers WiFi, Bluetooth, Infrared, CDMA, GPRS etc.
[ written by fryke™ on 2003-12-09 at 11:58 CET ]
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