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isn't this rather risky? eg: couldn't Apple simply decide to do this and they could? is this a 3rd party app, eg: exit mail, enter remail, search, re-enter mail

by pclark 18y ago

isn't this rather risky? eg: couldn't Apple simply decide to do this and they could? is this a 3rd party app, eg: exit mail, enter remail, search, re-enter mail?

msie 18y ago
Or Apple could choose to buy them.
- pclark 18y ago
  Apple hasn't had the best track record of acquisition over internal innovation thought. There was coverflow and a few others sure, but lots weren't acquired... remember Konfabulator?
  - jfarmer 18y ago
    iTunes itself was built around technology acquired from another company, IIRC.
    - tlrobinson 18y ago
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoundJam_MP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoundJam_MP
    - raganwald 18y ago
      An entertaining anecdote about iTunes from a competitor's point of view: http://www.panic.com/extras/audionstory/ http://www.panic.com/extras/audionstory/
      - wallflower 18y ago
        Entertaining anecdote? Panic's Audion story is incredible. Read it!
  - gaborcselle 18y ago
    Wasn't Konfabulator acquired by Yahoo, not Apple? Also, I thought it was a Windows app ...
    - pclark 18y ago
      they were acquired by Yahoo way after the OS X Dashboard stuff. And it was cross platform.
    - zimbabwe 17y ago
      That was his point. Apple could have bought them for their widgets, but they developed their own new system.
- ankhmoop 18y ago
  Apple already has quite a bit of experience with full-text e-mail search, not to mention running Mobile Me's mail servers. What would be the upside?
  - msie 18y ago
    This would be one problem that they could throw money at and it might have a positive effect. :) If they operate it as a mostly separate company then they could have a branch that could innovate rapidly and also not disrupt any existing teams/culture inside the organization.