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OSX and M$

2002-07-16 by Murray McDowall

Macophiles and Logic users might want to read this ... 

http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=25871

> On the eve of Apple Computer's semi-annual MacWorld event, Microsoft has 
>dropped a bombshell on the company: Work harder to accelerate Mac OS X 
>sales, or Microsoft will exit the Mac market forever. This sentiment is one 
>shared by many Mac developers, as Mac OS X has not sold well at all, as 
>reported recently in WinInfo Daily UPDATE. Currently, Apple estimates that 
>as few as 1 to 2 million people have switched to its latest operating 
>system, despite the fact that it's shipped free on several million computers. 

The article concludes with this:

>Schiller and Apple had better be right. If Microsoft and other major 
>software developers bail from the OS X bandwagon, the fledgling platform 
>might not survive, let alone flourish.

Interesting times huh?

Regards,
M

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