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Who killed Apple Computer?
« Reply #1 on: 14 September 2003, 04:43 »
Albert Finney?
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« Reply #2 on: 14 September 2003, 05:00 »
quote:
One of the most interesting concepts in Sybil was the treatment of the file system as a database.  You could do various sorts on your files, organizing them into "piles" grouped by subject.  A document could live in several different piles based on its content.  It was a promising way to navigate large quantities of information on a hard drive.  Instead we're still stuck with a folder paradigm designed for use on 400k floppy disks.  (By the way, I hear the next version of Windows will have a database-style file system.)


Sounds like Apple went ahead with one of their older ideas. How old is that? The copyright says 2003 but the info on that page seems out of date.

Zombie9920

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« Reply #3 on: 14 September 2003, 05:07 »
It says,

This Page was last update: Saturday, September 13, 2003 at 2:17:38 PM

This page was originally posted: 9/2/2003; 10:02:15 AM.

Copyright 2003 Computer History Museum

So it isn't even a month old.

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« Reply #4 on: 14 September 2003, 05:49 »
Apple isn't dead yet.  There not going to die even if they are in a niche market.
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« Reply #5 on: 14 September 2003, 05:54 »
No, what he meant was the original Apple died.

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« Reply #6 on: 14 September 2003, 17:33 »
while still innovators, I don't see Apple causing the next paradigm shift in computing. The next "Macintosh" won't be from Apple. While still "original", the originality goes as far as being one of the few computer companies left that puts quality and good design first, and they have good ideas for software. Nothing earthshatteringly original, just good, as opposed to everybody else making mediocre, "good enough" shit.

the original apple is gone, never to return. They're not going anywhere... and that's the problem. They might not be dying, but they certainly aren't moving forward. Even in their position, they could still cause a revolution, but because of the company's culture nowadays, it won't happen. They've grown up as a business, and they, like any other company, are too afraid to risk something really different, no matter how much it would mean.
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