Amithony wrote:
Apple has managed to survive in spite of the wintel juggernaught.
Nope, they didn't. The original Apple Corp. is dead.
Microsoft at one point bought a good amount of stock in Apple, Inc., which helped them stay afloat and it also looks good to the antitrust judge when there is another major brand in your marketspace. I believe Microsoft still owns about 10% of the shares.
With OS X, they moved to an OS built on a BSD core. So, they did bring UNIX to the masses. Something no UNIX/Linux variant has done.
Apple has moved from PPC to an Intel processor.
They have survived because of the WinTel Juggernaught.
