[Ti] IBM responds (was Re: like hell freezing over ?)

[Timothy Luoma]

On Jun 9, 2005, at 3:06 PM, Shawn King wrote:

> Possibly but don't you think that, with all the reaction this is  
> getting
> (apple being a tiny speck or not), with all the blame being dropped  
> at IBM's
> doorstop, do you really believe that, if they were blameless, they  
> wouldn't
> stand up and defend themselves?

http://news.com.com/2102-1006_3-5739479.html?tag=st.util.print

excerpts

"IBM's response is to fight back with numbers, calling out In-Stat  
statistics forecasting that the game console market will grow from  
3.5 million units this year to 33.5 million in 2008. Sony, the top  
seller of game consoles, is using the Cell chip in its future  
PlayStation 3, due in 2006. And Microsoft's Xbox 360, due later this  
year, uses a Power processor that Beck said is code-named Waternoose."

Sounds like IBM is basically saying "Apple wasn't that important to us."

Either they're telling the truth and Apple made the right move (why  
stay with them if you're no longer important?)... or they're trying  
to cover up for being dumped by Apple for not coming through.  Or  
there's a bit of truth in both.  They couldn't do it so they shifted  
their focus, or they shifted their focus and no longer had the  
resources to spend on getting a better portable chip.

Either they couldn't come through (Apple's story) or it wasn't  
important enough for them (IBM's story).

TjL