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My thoughts on iBook Author
My thoughts were expressed 20 months ago in a private email. I did not get a response.
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Who is being reasonable now?
Last week Horace wrote about the apparent “reasonableness” of analyst Apple estimates. He explained how the consensus for Apple’s growth was always deeply pessimistic because its performance could be argued to be…
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Why Apple is cheap
Imagine it’s late 2005. Apple’s fiscal year just ended and they reported their performance. You’re an analyst whose job includes forecasting the company’s performance for next year. This is a weighty responsibility. Your…
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Hiding in plain sight
Guessing the next Apple product has become the parlor game of choice for a whole generation of technology journalists and analysts. The premise of the game is that given a track record of breakthrough products, there is…
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In memoriam: Dennis Ritchie
Dennis Ritchie created C and co-created Unix. One of the unsung heroes of the modern world. He died yesterday. His “The C Programming Language” was my bible during a formative period of my life. In his memory I re-link a…
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Visualizing the Steve Jobs era
On October 4th, Tim Cook will take the stage at Apple’s fall event. With Steve Jobs’ transition to head the Board of Directors of Apple and after serving as CEO for fourteen years, it is time to take a look at his reign.…
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Polymath
In a rare reflective moment Steve Jobs, after the launch of the iPad, mentioned Apple’s DNA. He said: “Technology alone is not enough. It’s technology married with the liberal arts, married with the humanities, that…
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The Allegory of Treo
The following is a work of fiction. The combination seemed unthinkable just a few years ago. Nokia envisioned itself as a substantial rival to Redmond, threatening to head off its computing dominance as the power of…
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Flummoxed, again
The last time I took a snapshot of the iPad death watch it was March 9th, 2010. Almost a year ago. The now-classic quotes are reproduced here. Last May I wrote: Apple keeps a tight lid on new products so that competitors…
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In memoriam: Microsoft's previous strategic mobile partners
Microsoft’s new “strategic partnership” with Nokia is not its first. For a decade the software company has courted and consummated relationships with a variety of companies in mobile and telecom. Here are the ones I can…