Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 19th Jul 2002 18:36 UTC
Remember a month ago, when I urged the open source developers to take on this software and develop something equivelant and multi-platform? It seems that the only people who actually got interested in my $100 USD offer... was Apple.
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So, Eugenia, are you saying that Apple has actually collected the $100 USD from you? Certainly that would confirm that Watson was not something they had not begun developing before having knowledge of the Karelia product. Did Karelia patent their product?
Perhaps the person would be Kaleria, cause they would most likely port it to Windows, and maybe Linux. But it is unlikely if either company gets the 100 bucks, they don't have it open sourced.
Well, to be fair, Apple has bought their share of good products, too. They bought SoundJam MP and its entire development team from Casady & Greene, and they turned it into iTunes (NO SKINS FOR YOU!).
I don't understand, how is iTunes better than SoundJame except being able to burn CDs and sync with ipod?
Maybe a Linux port too to be included with Lindows and Lycoris on those Wal-mart PCs.
I didn't know Lycoris was bundled on WalMart PCs...
If anything Apple should go back to bundling their office package in with the OS. Microsoft’s OS has essentially become the Win-XP + Office combo. If apple sold the OSX + Appleworks combo for the same $130 the extra value of the software bundle would eliminate the extra cost for the hardware.
I don't know many OEMs that bundle Office off the board for all the machines. $100-200 OEM price is pretty steep, you know.