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Apple's OS Edge Is a Threat to Microsoft
The 20-year death grip that Microsoft has held on the core of computing is finally weakening -- pried loose with just two fingers. With one finger you press "Control" and with the other you press "right arrow." Instantly you switch from a Macintosh operating system (OS) to a Microsoft Windows OS. Then, with another two-finger press, you switch back again. So as you edit family pictures, you might use Mac's iPhoto. When you want to access your corporate e-mail, you can switch back instantly to Microsoft Exchange. This easy toggling on an Apple computer, enabled by a feature called "Spaces," was but an interesting side note to last fall's upgrade of the Mac OS. However, coupled with other recent developments, the stars are aligning in a very intriguing pattern. Apple's recent release of a tool kit for programmers to write applications for the iPhone will be followed by the June launch of iPhone 2.0, a software upgrade geared toward business users. Taken together, these seemingly unrelated moves are taking the outline of a full-fledged strategy. Windows users, in the very near future, will be free to switch to Apple computers and mobile devices, drawn by a widening array of Mac software, without suffering the pain of giving up critical Windows-based applications right away. The easy virtualization of two radically different operating systems on a single desktop paves a classic migration path. Business users will be tempted. Apple is positioning itself to challenge Microsoft for overall computing dominance -- even in the corporate realm. For the full story, click here! Posted at 07:33AM Apr 13, 2008 by Kevin P McAuliffe in Inform | Comments[0] 
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