Re: Apple, Jobs, and the irony of it

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Richard Kilpatrick <richard@dmc12.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>So? It's his company. He co-founded it. Without Jobs, Apple wouldn't 
>exist. Without Jobs' return, Apple would not be the company it is today.

Going back to IBM's G5 chip, I have nothing against
the chip.  Like I have said before, it is a fine piece
of engineering just like the Opteron is.

It is just that it is very funny that IBM designed it.
In the PC world, this is no surprise at all.  But
remember, in the Apple world until recently IBM
was the big evil "Big Brother."  The very Big
Brother that Steve Jobs is now glorifying for
providing the G5.  In 2003, Apple ads glorify
IBM's contribution.  In 1984, an Apple commercial
showed a hammer being thrown at "Big Brother"
which represented IBM.

Just goes to show you how warped things were
at Apple back then (1983-1984).  Those warped
crusades were also part of the reason for what
Apple did to the Apple II line.