[Ti] Let The Platform Wars Begin

[Shawn King]

On 6/8/05 4:01 PM, "John Griffin" <jwegriffin at mac.com> wrote:

> That isn¹t going to happen. What may happen is Freescale (or some
> other major player) buying Apple¹s Software and Hardware division

What? That makes as much sense as Apple becoming a chip fabber. There's no
logic behind the statement.

> and  Apple going full time into a Media company. I get the feeling that
> this is really where Jobs¹ heart is.

If you think that, you have no idea what's in Jobs' heart.

Jobs has always been *very* clear about his feelings towards Apple as a
whole company.

> Read the signs, folks! Apple Computer Division¹s every move lately
> seems to be to position itself for a major takeover.

Jobs has always said he would not allow the company to be taken over.

> Apple would just 
> love to find a way of dumping this unprofitable operation anyway.

Ummm...which "unprofitable operation" is that? Considering Apple has made
metric buttloads of money for the past several years.....

> By the way, if you think IBM is rolling over on this, think again.

Of course they haven't. But it makes no difference now. IBM has made it very
clear that their focus is not on making the kinds of chips Apple
wants/needs.

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