[rescue] Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips

Geoffrey S. Mendelson gsm at mendelson.com
Sat Jun 4 13:05:55 CDT 2005


On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 11:33:38PM -0500, Micah R Ledbetter wrote:
> On Jun 3, 2005, at 22:51, John Williams wrote:
> 
> >     But then, Apple has always had a talent for snatching defeat from
> > the
> > jaws of victory.
> 
> That's it. You owe me a new keyboard.

It's not a new expression it was first applied to UNIVAC in the early 50's.

In those days, they made sales which for some strange reason ended up being
given at the last minute to IBM.

Geoff.

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