How Microsoft has become the Beleaguered Apple ‘96

Don't know if this is just wishfull thinking from a fellow machead. But it's an interesting read nevertheless:

Daniel Eran Dilger
Windows Enthusiasts have been working hard to advance the idea that Apple has become the new Microsoft, supposedly by monopolizing the market for music sales and MP3 players and in creating new bodies of technology in its own image to discover territories outside of Microsoft’s reach. However, they’re missing something far more interesting: Microsoft is reverting to become the beleaguered old Apple of the mid 90s. Here’s how.

The Golden Age of Apple.
Throughout the early 90s, Apple appeared to be doing very well. Some even describe the period as the company’s Golden Age. Apple had joined forces with IBM to announce a new microprocessor architecture in Power PC, a new multimedia joint project called Kalieda Labs, and an advanced new operating system and development frameworks architecture known as Taligent.
Apple was selling 11% of the world’s computers and was releasing new technology well in advance of other competitors. QuickTime wowed audiences, and the Mac’s multimedia capabilities and intuitive user interface were so far ahead of DOS or Windows PCs that it was simply embarrassing to compare them.

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