{"id":3985,"date":"2009-07-19T18:00:14","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T01:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnightowl.com\/?p=3985"},"modified":"2009-07-18T14:00:14","modified_gmt":"2009-07-18T21:00:14","slug":"newsletter-503-preview-why-cant-the-tech-industry-keep-up-with-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2009\/07\/newsletter-503-preview-why-cant-the-tech-industry-keep-up-with-apple\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #503 Preview: Why Can&#8217;t the Tech Industry Keep Up with Apple?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During that Department of Justice antitrust trial against Microsoft, poor, beleaguered Bill Gates claimed that the company he co-founded only wanted the freedom to \u201cinnovate.\u201d Now this innovate mantra has been part and parcel of Microsoft\u2019s pitch to customers, competitors and government agencies for years, as most of you know.<\/p>\n<p>The question that comes to the fore, though, is just what does Microsoft mean by that word. Now if we simply go by the conventional definition, we get: \u201cmake changes in something established, esp. by introducing new methods, ideas, or products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All right, that\u2019s simple enough, and I\u2019m sure that most of you will agree with the standard meaning. That is except for Microsoft, which seems to be unable to deliver \u201cnew methods, ideas, or products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Take Windows, which was nothing but a knock-off of the Mac OS, based in part on technology they actually licensed from Apple in a foolish deal crafted between Gates and then Apple CEO John Scully. In retrospect, Scully created a monster, one that came to dominate the PC industry in ways that were not always beneficial.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Wait! There's more than meets the eye!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/newsletter\/2009\/07\/newsletter-issue-503\/#beneficial\">Story continued in this week&#8217;s Tech Night Owl Newsletter.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During that Department of Justice antitrust trial against Microsoft, poor, beleaguered Bill Gates claimed that the company he co-founded only wanted the freedom to \u201cinnovate.\u201d Now this innovate mantra has been part and parcel of Microsoft\u2019s pitch to customers, competitors and government agencies for years, as most of you know. 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