Tuesday, May 13, 2003

Apple's Outflanking Maneuver: A special report suggests that as long as its user base remains healthy and sales continue their growth, Apple's market share relative to Microsoft is irrelevant. With 5 million new OS X users, a successful ongoing "Switcher" campaign, new peripheral products, services and software now selling into the Windows market, and countless other older Macs already in place, Apple is in very good shape. And Apple may be morphing into a consumer entertainment company right before our eyes, outflanking the Microsoft behemeth and becoming a star in a whole new field of business. [NewsFactor] 10:41:43 PM

iLoo Snafu: Initial attempts to brush it off as a hoax on Monday are followed with a reversal on Tuesday. Yes, the world's largest software maker switched its story and admitted that the iLoo had been a legitimate project by its British MSN Internet service that was terminated after the initial announcement prompted controversy, ridicule and disgust. [Reuters] 10:27:28 PM

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