In article <1220205.Q7mVJ0k2ca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> OS X Upgrade, IPhone May Boost Mac Sales
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> | After years of relatively flat sales, the number of Macs sold started
> | to grow significantly in 2005. Mac shipments jumped 38 percent from
> | 3.3 million units in Apple's fiscal 2004 to 4.5 million in 2005.
> | Then they climbed 17 percent to 5.3 million in 2006.
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> http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070610/mac_attack.html?.v=5
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> As long as Windows is not assumed, use of standards will be encouraged.
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> Apple's latest trick to enforce digital rights
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> |
> | [...]
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> | With this version of iTunes, users were finding that music
> | subjected to the old download-burn-rip would no longer
> | load onto their iPods.
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> http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/06/09/10131156.html
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> Related:
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> The slow death of DRM
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> | * A disaster of historical proportions
> | * Consumer litigation against DRM
> | * Digital growth is flagging
> | * Pressure to dump DRM
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/09/steve_gordon_drm/
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Well at this point Apple is just another big propriatary slug, and a
worthy target for the hungry Linux generals itching for some target
practice.
I really *want* to pay $37million for a glorified cell phone, but I just
don't have time -- my sock drawer is a severe zone of disarray.
Therefore:
Generals, you are Go, repeat, you are GO. (Apple pie for the troops).
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