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Thems Fighting Words! New Gates Comment Should Stir New Apple Innovation
It's been a long while since Bill Gates has taken any sideswipes at Apple (when you make binding agreements on cross-platforming of products, it tends to take the air out of that balloon). It seems whenever Gates realises Apple has a product Microsoft can't defeat, that is when is gets back to swinging. Of course, the latest example of Apple product superiority that Microsoft can't seem to dent is the whole iPod crazy and the cottage industry built up around it. Even though Microsoft finally was agreed (or was allowed) to have a Windows-version of iTunes -- the proprietary program running for the iPod -- and Gates directly saw the new massive growth for the iPod, he now thinks the iPod lifespan will be relatively short.
As reported by Reuters, with Gates talking to a German magazine, He believes the cellphone will soon replace the need for iPods. Not exactly ground-breaking, earth-shattering revelations. But, considering he generally has stayed away from the Microsoft/Apple Wars for quite some time, the very fact he has issued a statement of eventual Apple irrelevance for a very hot global product will quickly get Steve Jobs' attention, I'm sure.
So much so, mark this article as the birthplace for Apple's next revolutionary product. Everytime Gates says something of pending doom for Apple, it seems to be just the right catalyst for new Apple innovation.
Is it time for Steve Jobs to product the iPhone?
Click the headline for the Wired article.
posted by Unknown @ Thursday, May 12, 2005,
