The Guardian predicts doom for Apple

[Kernow]

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,16376,1606797,00.html

The lead story from The Guardian's Technology section. Seems to be the usual doom-mongering stuff, but is a little surprising as The Guardian is normally fairly pro-Apple.

 

[rdowns]

This is so 1999.

As stubborn as a jackass that Jobs is, I really think he has learned lessons from Apple's past failures.

 

[Sun Baked]

I wish Jobs would finally put out a press release predicting doom for The Guardian.

 

[commonpeople]

The article wasn't that bad. It's surely reasonable to wonder whether Apple can get much further whilst holding on to proprietory standards. Apple really needs to open-up its OS to a much larger extent.

 

[Project]

I read this in the actual paper last Thursday. Its points were logical, but it made it seem like Apple is indeed facing impending doom if it doesnt open up shop. Just one persons opinion yes, but I think the situation cant be compared to the likes of the Cube or the Newton, both of which never had the same level of success and recognition the iPod does now.

 

[greatdevourer]

the Apple II is a museum piece.

Well, duh!

Jobs then repeated the exact same mistake with the G4 Cube in 2000.

That's not why the Cube got discontinued - it got discontinued because not enough people bought it (if you needed something cheap, get an iMac. If you need summat fast, get a full PowerMac. Few people saw the Cube as an advantage to the other 2). To prove my point, you can run a 1.2Ghz proc in the Cube without a fan

Also, the Newt was discontinued before competition really existed - yet another example of Apple so far ahead that no-one wanted it

 

[Dane D.]

Who cares

Who cares what The Guardian has to say it is fringe left-wing rag only good for wiping your ass or house training a puppy. Come on people why waste your precious time reading it or any other fringe publication.

 

[iGav]

Who cares what The Guardian has to say it is fringe left-wing rag only good for wiping your ass or house training a puppy. Come on people why waste your precious time reading it or any other fringe publication.

The Guardian rules all comers.

 

[Peterkro]

Who cares what The Guardian has to say it is fringe left-wing rag only good for wiping your ass or house training a puppy. Come on people why waste your precious time reading it or any other fringe publication.

The Grauniad has a terrible technology section Jack Schofield is a ejieet,there is a guy that does the networking column in the financial section who is good though.You think the Grauniad is left wing,liberal certainly but hardly left wing.A paper which sells around half a million copies a day and whose influence far outways it size is hardly fringe.Makes me wonder just how right wing the US media is if the Grauniad is seen as left wing.

 

[skunk]

Makes me wonder just how right wing the US media is if the Grauniad is seen as left wing.

Not so much right wing as sheepishly compliant.

 

[Mr. Anderson]

I think there is a significant difference between the ipod and current Apple tech and the Apple Tech of yesteryear.

iPod/iTunes/ITMS has more than struck the right chord, and Apple is more than an icon in this business now. The original Mac and Newton were ahead of their times in many ways. iPods were made specifically for NOW. That will make the difference in the end. And as long as Apple keeps innovating, they be fine.

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