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by IBM 10y ago
>If Apple does not launch a voice based home automation product in late 2017 or early 2018 then it might be too late. Why would it be too late? This isn't a social network where the network effects make competition almost impossible
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by IBM 10y ago
I should be clear, I meant their focus being on the bigger picture. Not on pleasing the HN/Slashdot/reddit types.
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by IBM 10y ago
That's standard Apple marketing language. It also drives tech people batty. This is also why Apple is successful.
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by IBM 10y ago
Apple includes their suppliers, retail stores, offices, and customers' product use in their carbon footprint (in addition to data centers) [1]: When we measure our carbon footprint, we include hundreds of suppliers, millions of custome
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by IBM 10y ago
This story is obviously sourced mainly from Raphel and her friends/allies. Personally I view the FBI investigation as them just doing their jobs. In the end this wasn't really a failure on their part, assuming the innocent reason
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by IBM 10y ago
Wait for supply chain rumors (if they even happen given its low volume and US-based manufacturing) to find out if there's going to be a new Mac Pro. You're not going to get any official information about Apple's roadmap from
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by IBM 10y ago
Welcome to Apple post-Steve Jobs return. Apple smartly hasn't Osborne'd their products since then and the mood swings of some Apple fans is unlikely to change that. >They've said and done nothing to support this market sin
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by IBM 10y ago
Apple was pretty clearly shaped by their near death experience and it showed on the balance sheet. It took them a very long time for them to start returning cash to shareholders, but Tim Cook finally did it and that was the right capital al
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by IBM 10y ago
>Microsoft contends that the Surface hybrid, now in its fourth iteration, is the best-of-both-worlds that their customers want. Microsoft contends this because the market forced their hand. They have no presence in smartphones or tablets
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by IBM 10y ago
As the first article noted American declinism has been a popular genre since the 1950s. It comes with the territory with being on top for so long.
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by IBM 10y ago
This sentiment, posted every time Apple does something post-Steve Jobs, is essentially American declinism [1] but for Apple. Substitute Apple for America in this Robert Kagan article [2]. >But how real is it? Much of the commentary on Am
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“Designed by Apple in California” chronicles 20 years of Apple design(apple.com)
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by IBM 10y ago
Andrew Sullivan wrote a good piece a few months ago related to this [1]: >What the 21st century added to this picture, it’s now blindingly obvious, was media democracy — in a truly revolutionary form. If late-stage political democracy ha
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by IBM 10y ago
I really liked this last bit given the reaction to the MBP: >I’m also intrigued to see how far they are prepared to go with this. They already annoyed and inconvenienced a lot of people with the Samba and GCC removal. Having wooed so man
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by IBM 10y ago
Nope. I'm sure the vast majority of iPhone customers never plug in their iPhones into a computer, which probably explains why they haven't bothered.
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by IBM 10y ago
They probably won't do that for a couple of years until USB-C is firmly entrenched. Most iPhone customers aren't using Macbooks.
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by IBM 10y ago
Is it elegant when your MBP that you'll keep for 4-6 years has USB-A ports you won't use anymore after two years? If Apple put in 2 USB-A and 2 USB-C, half the ports would probably be useless for the majority of the computer'
528.
by IBM 10y ago
Which is why it was a happy confluence of factors. Unix wasn't a call to action though, just an implementation detail.
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by IBM 10y ago
What's key about this is that Apple didn't make a laptop for hackers. It was a nice confluence of factors that made Macs attractive to hackers, but Apple never set out to court them. You should keep that in mind if you're a h
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by IBM 10y ago
If they aren't a generation ahead as they have been then I think it ceases to be a competitive advantage. Then they would have to start asking questions like "Why not fab Intel chips at TSMC or Samsung if they offer better pricing
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by IBM 10y ago
Does Intel still have a competitive advantage? It seems like they've hit a wall and competitors like TSMC and Samsung have basically caught up. I think they've acknowledged that they're slowing down with their new strategy [1
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by IBM 10y ago
Seems like Intel's margins are a good incentive for OCP members to design their own processors. Google has made some noise about that (but I guess that could be a bluff as well) [1]. [1] https://www.wired.com/2016/
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by IBM 10y ago
That makes sense. Is this a case of trading hardware dollars for SDN cents or does it bridge the gap? I have no idea about the economics of this space.
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by IBM 10y ago
Can anyone tell me why Intel, Cisco, Juniper, etc are part of Open Compute Project? It doesn't really make sense to me because this project is effectively designed to commoditize their business. It makes sense for Facebook, Google, Mic
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by IBM 10y ago
Best comment [1] I read a couple of days ago: >One thing constantly said to founders here is "don't let a vocal minority come in, tell you they love your product, and then turn into bullies that tell you how you should make sai
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by IBM 10y ago
Perhaps. The point is we'll find out in 5-10 years if the R&D money spent today was a good decision (and sooner for future iterations of the existing product categories).
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by IBM 10y ago
As an outsider you can only tell if the R&D money was spent wisely in retrospect.
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by IBM 10y ago
The speculation doesn't even make sense because Apple is structured as a functional organization, not around product lines. Schiller and Federighi aren't in charge of Macs so they don't have to fight Cook for resources. When
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by IBM 10y ago
Why were you sitting around waiting for a convertible when they've said on the record multiple times they were never going to make OSX touch based? All the way from Steve Jobs to the CNET interview with Schiller, Federighi and Ive.
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by IBM 10y ago
>I think Tim Cook has ignored the Mac in favour of his favourite projects but in the meantime Schiller and Federighi have been making sure the Mac is in his periphery and fighting for resources. Ah yes you heard the latest episode of ATP

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