Re: Apple, Jobs, and the irony of it

[Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com>]

In article <20030821061922.06546.00000278@mb-m28.aol.com>,
 supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:

> 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.

Ummm...it hasn't been 'until recently'.  Apple started a partnering with 
IBM well over 10 years ago.  The PowerPC chip design from the start was 
an Apple/IBM/Motorola thing.

The 1984 commercial may have represented IBM at the time, but watching 
the commercial now, I definitely think of Microsoft.

Greg B.

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