The deal is this...Windows is dominant. If Big Redmond had their way, it would be the only platform-period. In business, they actively pursue this goal-ethics be dammed. Their OS is second rate and running in a fair race would be a losing proposition. They know this; witness MS's fear and loathing of linix. Competition is good-but only if you try to be competitive and innovative-windows doesn't. Has this been bad for Apple? I don't think so. The folks there genuinely want to make for the best computing experience a user can have. From the moment the thing comes through your door, you really get a sense of that. This is where the devotion arises from. I feel the same way about my dependable transportation, my local pub and levi's jeans. I believe their business failures of the past came as hard lessons. To Apple's credit, it learned from them. They know-too well-the punishment of ignoring your consumers. Microsoft has yet to clue in about that-witness the release of two nasty virus this week. They spend most of the time plotting out new schemes to squeeze the digital public for money. Swap innovation for greed and you'll have Microsoft pretty much pegged. So when a Mac user sees what is ostensibly a legit story posted at overclockers, they go a little off their nut and who can really blame them. Even if they don't own one-they know the G5 is at or very near the pinnacle of modern computing and to see something that cherry debased causes them to vent their collective speens. The Mac user has to go through enumerable technological affronts when cohabiting with the MS world. From the struggles at our offices to relatives who can't tell a porsche from an edsiel; things MS rankle. Yeah, he got us good; but completely undermined the legitimacy of overclockers.com for thousands of users. Considering that impact, it's not a shock to see an editorial revision on a site that deals in the dissemination of info. Who was "got" after all?
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