“I could probably devote every one of my columns to the silly comments tech and financial pundits make not just about Apple, but other companies and products,” Gene Steinberg writes for The Tech Night Owl. “Every time I think a sense of sanity is returned, there’s not another example of someone who has gone off the deep end.”
“Take a commentator who works for a certain financial publication that will go unnamed. The topic under discussion is OS X Mavericks, and it’s clear that the writer in question isn’t impressed,” Steinberg writes. “All right, everyone is entitled to their opinions, but in this case a small wish list is presented, three ways, as it were, to improve OS X.”
Steinberg writes, “the financial pundit in question believes that OS X needs to ‘merge’ with iOS. Why? Because that represents what Microsoft tried to do with Windows 8. Only thing: Windows 8 is regarded as a failure, a gigantic misstep from Microsoft. Apple CEO Tim Cook says that the PC and mobile platforms work differently, and require different operating systems. He’s explained why on a number of occasions. You can take him at his word, and Apple’s approach has been quite successful, or go with Microsoft, which hasn’t worked. Which would you choose?”
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