Originally posted by mj_1903
Is it not funny that the company the designed the PC now produces the chips for the company that they used to compete head on with?
Note: I have seen no information suggesting a partnership between IBM and Apple, but I will take you at your word and comment accordingly. Please (for my personal edification) provide furthur information as I was, apparently, unaware of this. Now on to my comments.......
That would just be smart business on IBMs part. because truthfully it used to be IBM vs Intel vs Apple. Intel and IBM were only collusional because of Windows but to my knowledge were never "partners". It actually doesn't mean a whole lot in the grand scheme of things. IBM (which my father worked for as a Computer Engineer prior to moving to AT&T) has been working diligently over the last several years to keep itself solvent in the Information Technology arena. It would seem that IBM adopted the "My enemies enemy is my friend" and picked the company that would compliment it.
It used to be IBM & Intel vs. Apple. Now its IBM & Apple vs. Intel. Sad but true.
Actually it would be more correct to say IBM & Apple vs Intel & AMD.
Oh btw, MAC is an acroynm for Media Access Control...and is generally associated with the ethernet address of a computer.
Actually a MAC address is not "generally associated with the ethernet address of a computer". A MAC addres is to uniquely identify each node on a network.
"The term Ethernet refers to the family of local-area network (LAN) products covered by the IEEE 802.3 standard that defines what is commonly known as the CSMA/CD protocol. Three data rates are currently defined for operation over optical fiber and twisted-pair cables:
10 Mbps—10Base-T Ethernet
100 Mbps—Fast Ethernet
1000 Mbps—Gigabit Ethernet
10-Gigabit Ethernet is under development and will likely be published as the IEEE 802.3ae supplement to the IEEE 802.3 base standard in late 2001 or early 2002. "
Being that there are networks that do not use these standards (although rather out of date) and nodes on a network can be any network compatable device and not restricted to computers, per sey, then your statement is imprecise. Just saving you some embarasement down the road..
Alexander
Is it not funny that the company the designed the PC now produces the chips for the company that they used to compete head on with?
Note: I have seen no information suggesting a partnership between IBM and Apple, but I will take you at your word and comment accordingly. Please (for my personal edification) provide furthur information as I was, apparently, unaware of this. Now on to my comments.......
That would just be smart business on IBMs part. because truthfully it used to be IBM vs Intel vs Apple. Intel and IBM were only collusional because of Windows but to my knowledge were never "partners". It actually doesn't mean a whole lot in the grand scheme of things. IBM (which my father worked for as a Computer Engineer prior to moving to AT&T) has been working diligently over the last several years to keep itself solvent in the Information Technology arena. It would seem that IBM adopted the "My enemies enemy is my friend" and picked the company that would compliment it.
It used to be IBM & Intel vs. Apple. Now its IBM & Apple vs. Intel. Sad but true.
Actually it would be more correct to say IBM & Apple vs Intel & AMD.
Oh btw, MAC is an acroynm for Media Access Control...and is generally associated with the ethernet address of a computer.
Actually a MAC address is not "generally associated with the ethernet address of a computer". A MAC addres is to uniquely identify each node on a network.
"The term Ethernet refers to the family of local-area network (LAN) products covered by the IEEE 802.3 standard that defines what is commonly known as the CSMA/CD protocol. Three data rates are currently defined for operation over optical fiber and twisted-pair cables:
10 Mbps—10Base-T Ethernet
100 Mbps—Fast Ethernet
1000 Mbps—Gigabit Ethernet
10-Gigabit Ethernet is under development and will likely be published as the IEEE 802.3ae supplement to the IEEE 802.3 base standard in late 2001 or early 2002. "
Being that there are networks that do not use these standards (although rather out of date) and nodes on a network can be any network compatable device and not restricted to computers, per sey, then your statement is imprecise. Just saving you some embarasement down the road..
Alexander