Comments on: Drivel from Blodget http://saunderslog.com/2007/12/24/drivel-from-blodget/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:07:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Esteban http://saunderslog.com/2007/12/24/drivel-from-blodget/#comment-501302 Esteban Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:02:18 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/12/24/drivel-from-blodget/#comment-501302 You've made an excellent point! http://www.spymac.com/details/?2319811 You’ve made an excellent point!
http://www.spymac.com/details/?2319811

]]> By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2007/12/24/drivel-from-blodget/#comment-497760 Alec Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:01:30 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/12/24/drivel-from-blodget/#comment-497760 This is a replay of OS/2 versus Windows, Mark. Apple has built a proprietary platform around Intel components (anybody remember the PS2 bus, for instance, that only IBM sold, and that only OS/2 knew how to talk to?). They're selling a premium OS for that platform, and, with Parallels, claiming it's a better Windows than Windows. Nobody wrote OS/2 apps, and the cost of building hardware for the PS2 platform only was too high. So it failed. I'm not saying Apple will fail, but so far this particular strategy isn't one that has managed to unseat Microsoft. And you know what, I'll bet Blodget writes his columns using Microsoft Word. This is a replay of OS/2 versus Windows, Mark. Apple has built a proprietary platform around Intel components (anybody remember the PS2 bus, for instance, that only IBM sold, and that only OS/2 knew how to talk to?). They’re selling a premium OS for that platform, and, with Parallels, claiming it’s a better Windows than Windows. Nobody wrote OS/2 apps, and the cost of building hardware for the PS2 platform only was too high. So it failed.

I’m not saying Apple will fail, but so far this particular strategy isn’t one that has managed to unseat Microsoft.

And you know what, I’ll bet Blodget writes his columns using Microsoft Word.

]]> By: Mark Evans http://saunderslog.com/2007/12/24/drivel-from-blodget/#comment-497566 Mark Evans Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:01:07 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/12/24/drivel-from-blodget/#comment-497566 You have to remember that Blodget is a master of self-promotion. He likes to live on the edge because that's what attracts the most attention - and business. But he's also a smart guy so If you pushed back and suggested he's wrong about Windows, he's probably got a pretty good analytical argument prepared. Personally, I like the New Blodget because he's willing to push himself out there. Mark You have to remember that Blodget is a master of self-promotion. He likes to live on the edge because that’s what attracts the most attention - and business. But he’s also a smart guy so If you pushed back and suggested he’s wrong about Windows, he’s probably got a pretty good analytical argument prepared. Personally, I like the New Blodget because he’s willing to push himself out there.

Mark

]]> By: Deke Simons http://saunderslog.com/2007/12/24/drivel-from-blodget/#comment-496792 Deke Simons Tue, 25 Dec 2007 03:55:23 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/12/24/drivel-from-blodget/#comment-496792 Good point that everything that Blodget says or writes is tainted forever by his unconscionable conduct over the past few years. People who have been this wrong before simply do not deserve the benefit of being listened to again. Good point that everything that Blodget says or writes is tainted forever by his unconscionable conduct over the past few years. People who have been this wrong before simply do not deserve the benefit of being listened to again.

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