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In 1997, Mac OS X hadn’t even been conceived yet. I’m not saying Dell is lying, but the timeline on this doesn’t add up. “He said, look at this - we’ve got this Dell desktop and To license the Mac OS to Dell, telling him he could give PC buyersĪ choice of Apple’s software or Microsoft’s Windows OS installed Running on the Intel x86 chips that powered Dell PCs. Mac software, based on Next’s Mach operating system, and had it
(as Jobs was evaluating Apple’s Mac clone licensing project, In 1997, Jobs rejoined a struggling Apple after it acquired Nextįor $429 million, and he pitched Dell on another business proposal Michael Dell Claims Steve Jobs Tried to License Rhapsody to Dell in 1997 ★ĬNet’s Connie Guglielmo, writing about a bit from Michael Dell’s new autobiography, Play Nice But Win: Keep in mind I linked earlier today to a survey that suggests 30 percent of U.S. “They became a financially-focused company veryĮffective at milking its faithful users,” he added.Įnderle, in May 2015 - mere weeks after Apple Watch shipped - declared it “obsolete” and a month later called it a “failure”. Revolutionize a market,” said Tech industry analyst Rob Enderle ofĮnderle Group. “Apple lost the ability to bring out products that could
Rob Enderle, Still Kicking, Still Jackassing ★įrom a Yahoo News story that’s as insipid as you suspect it is from the headline (“Decade After Jobs’ Death, Has Apple Traded Magic for Profit?”):īut are these game-changing innovations in the post-Jobs era?