“It turns out that Apple’s own top-end customers, the ones Apple said wouldn’t notice when PowerPC disappeared from their systems in favor of Intel mobile CPUs, did notice. Brother, did they notice. But while Apple was evaluating customer feedback and consulting with analysts, IBM leaped in and snatched opportunity right out of its jaws.”
IBM and Apple swap server strategies | InfoWorld | Column | 2005-10-05 | By Tom Yager