Comments on: Rumor Mill Friday… http://theappleblog.com/2006/06/09/rumor-mill-friday/ TheAppleBlog, published by and for the day-to-day Apple user, is a prominent source for news, reviews, walkthroughs, and real life application of all Apple products. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:05:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: badgercta http://theappleblog.com/2006/06/09/rumor-mill-friday/#comment-37836 badgercta Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:56:06 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/06/09/rumor-mill-friday/#comment-37836 <a href="http://www.translater.com.cn/" rel="nofollow">翻译 翻译

]]> By: Ryan http://theappleblog.com/2006/06/09/rumor-mill-friday/#comment-36817 Ryan Fri, 09 Jun 2006 23:47:35 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/06/09/rumor-mill-friday/#comment-36817 "pet peeve: monopolies are not illegal" YES THANK YOU! Man I don't get why people think monopolies are illegal. It makes no sense. “pet peeve: monopolies are not illegal”

YES THANK YOU! Man I don’t get why people think monopolies are illegal. It makes no sense.

]]> By: kaiser http://theappleblog.com/2006/06/09/rumor-mill-friday/#comment-36814 kaiser Fri, 09 Jun 2006 23:27:53 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/06/09/rumor-mill-friday/#comment-36814 "If it isn't on Apple.com, it isn't true." That is totally the way it is with Apple. They're not beyond changing, or cancelling months of work at the last minute for any one of a number of reasons, or bring forward another project, just to make a particular announcement or milestone... Apple are in a fortunate position that they can, and do, get away with this, and they keep everyone else (me included) guessing =) “If it isn’t on Apple.com, it isn’t true.”
That is totally the way it is with Apple. They’re not beyond changing, or cancelling months of work at the last minute for any one of a number of reasons, or bring forward another project, just to make a particular announcement or milestone…
Apple are in a fortunate position that they can, and do, get away with this, and they keep everyone else (me included) guessing =)

]]> By: Todd Baur http://theappleblog.com/2006/06/09/rumor-mill-friday/#comment-36803 Todd Baur Fri, 09 Jun 2006 21:21:01 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/06/09/rumor-mill-friday/#comment-36803 I say that Apple doesn't want to dominate because of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6BFhRkUJEI Shoot over to 5:08 - To me I see a man who isn't looking for domination but a simple statement of "You know, if we convince 5% of the people then that is fantastic". Very humble if you ask me. I don't think domination is neccessary, and one can say that is strategy by suggesting that Apple isn't out for that. Secondly, I don't suspect Jobs would want to lead the company into the domination arena. I think that his strategy is to just let Apple do everything they do very well. As my fortune cookie reads, "Make use of your finest talents". Sure, every company wants to see growth. I want to see my company grow, but I wouldn't want it to dominate. I just feel that Apple and it's management know where to go, and it's exciting times for Apple fans. Today is different because it is in my view getting worse out there. Apple is picking up market share, and it's customers are finding these sites and taking them to the stores. These stories are posted as one thing, churned, and then outputted as fact more and more. How many readers, if it could be measured, don't differentiate between rumor and fact - especially when the chances of these readers seeing the same story corroborated on multiple sites? I say that Apple doesn’t want to dominate because of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6BFhRkUJEI

Shoot over to 5:08 - To me I see a man who isn’t looking for domination but a simple statement of “You know, if we convince 5% of the people then that is fantastic”. Very humble if you ask me. I don’t think domination is neccessary, and one can say that is strategy by suggesting that Apple isn’t out for that.

Secondly, I don’t suspect Jobs would want to lead the company into the domination arena. I think that his strategy is to just let Apple do everything they do very well. As my fortune cookie reads, “Make use of your finest talents”. Sure, every company wants to see growth. I want to see my company grow, but I wouldn’t want it to dominate. I just feel that Apple and it’s management know where to go, and it’s exciting times for Apple fans.

Today is different because it is in my view getting worse out there. Apple is picking up market share, and it’s customers are finding these sites and taking them to the stores. These stories are posted as one thing, churned, and then outputted as fact more and more. How many readers, if it could be measured, don’t differentiate between rumor and fact - especially when the chances of these readers seeing the same story corroborated on multiple sites?

]]> By: Weldon http://theappleblog.com/2006/06/09/rumor-mill-friday/#comment-36802 Weldon Fri, 09 Jun 2006 21:16:41 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/06/09/rumor-mill-friday/#comment-36802 pet peeve: monopolies are not illegal. However, a company can be charged with illegally *maintaining* a monopoly by using their market power to keep other companies out or otherwise compete unfairly. pet peeve: monopolies are not illegal. However, a company can be charged with illegally *maintaining* a monopoly by using their market power to keep other companies out or otherwise compete unfairly.

]]> By: Gareth Potter http://theappleblog.com/2006/06/09/rumor-mill-friday/#comment-36800 Gareth Potter Fri, 09 Jun 2006 20:58:21 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2006/06/09/rumor-mill-friday/#comment-36800 <em>Apple wants to dominate the consumer computer industry (which isn’t true - that is called a Monopoly which is illegal)</em> Of course it wants to dominate the consumer computer industry. All companies would rather dominate the industry in which they operate. It makes things so much easier (until governments start intervening, of course). I am no advocate of monopolism, but your suggestion - which seems to be a common one amongst the Mac faithful, borne of the idea that Apple is in some way more benevolent than other corporations - is sadly mistaken. A company which does not pursue profit and growth is a company on the road to extinction. And, as Microsoft has so ably demonstrated, in the USA, the legality (or otherwise) of monopolisation depends entirely on the government in power. So go easy on the hyperbole next time. Oh, and rumours are great for Apple. They stoke public interest and get all heads looking in the right direction on a given day; other companies would <em>kill</em> for that kind of attention. And it has always been thus, which is why I have no idea what you mean by: <em>While cruising around the web I noticed a major trend in the stories posted about Apple today: none of these ‘announcements’ came from Apple.</em> How is today differnet from any other day? Anyway, as to the two specific points, a moment's thought and it's all quite obvious - Nintendo won't buy Apple because the Japanese won't let them (c|net are not reputable enough for this to be a valid scoop); the Mac Pro will likely come in two versions - one with one dual core CPU and one with two. Same as now. Apple wants to dominate the consumer computer industry (which isn’t true - that is called a Monopoly which is illegal)

Of course it wants to dominate the consumer computer industry. All companies would rather dominate the industry in which they operate. It makes things so much easier (until governments start intervening, of course). I am no advocate of monopolism, but your suggestion - which seems to be a common one amongst the Mac faithful, borne of the idea that Apple is in some way more benevolent than other corporations - is sadly mistaken. A company which does not pursue profit and growth is a company on the road to extinction.

And, as Microsoft has so ably demonstrated, in the USA, the legality (or otherwise) of monopolisation depends entirely on the government in power.

So go easy on the hyperbole next time.

Oh, and rumours are great for Apple. They stoke public interest and get all heads looking in the right direction on a given day; other companies would kill for that kind of attention. And it has always been thus, which is why I have no idea what you mean by:

While cruising around the web I noticed a major trend in the stories posted about Apple today: none of these ‘announcements’ came from Apple.

How is today differnet from any other day?

Anyway, as to the two specific points, a moment’s thought and it’s all quite obvious - Nintendo won’t buy Apple because the Japanese won’t let them (c|net are not reputable enough for this to be a valid scoop); the Mac Pro will likely come in two versions - one with one dual core CPU and one with two. Same as now.

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