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Vindicated 
The market LOVED the Apple Boot Camp move
| | So I must be right that it's the end of value! I couldn't have found a better endorsement. |
Contra-technological
It's a bit amusing that there are several movements, growing in numbers, celebrating the music technology of the past.
| | Yes, I have a MIDI keyboard that can trigger the 21st century technologies of electronic music. No, I don't use it. It isn't interesting, musically. |
| | Instead, I practise a flute that is concptually similar to the state of the art at some time around the late 17th century (say 1680)!? We call them Irish fultes these days. They're simple, six hole affairs. No keys. You need to have a bunch of them if you're going to play "in key" with your friends. Kevin Crawford, of Lunasa, had four flutes in three different keys on the stage for the concert I went to (and loved). He had three or four whistles (fipple flutes "like" recorders), too. |
| | Music is music. It's fresh when it's played live and context is established. Rennaisence chant hit big time recently. It's timeless. Celtic style Irish music strikes similar chords. |
| | Unwind evolution. Back out technology. Return to instruments of a level of complexity that are dwarfed, eclipsed, by the modern technologies. What do you get? Music! |
| | Music is not about technology. It's about the music. It's real. You can tell the difference. There's music as Corporate Product (in caps) and there's Music (in caps). People can tell the difference. Music is more fun than music (as in mass-produced Muzak equivalent, made for elevators stuff). |
| | So, find something real and go hear it live. The rest happens. If it's live, it's good. If it isn't a branded "LABEL" act, it's better. |
Apple's Boot Camp
Backing into the future ... backing into obscurity.
| | So, Apple's going to fulfill John C. Dvorak's speculation and endorse Windows on Intel-based Macintosh computers. One can speculate that they will complete the process and offer Macs with Windows pre-loaded (with, presumably, Mac OS X, too, for image reasons). My, my how the mighty stoop when the forecasts say theyre at the edge of the cliff. |
| | With iPod sailes likely to crest and the iTunes monopoly challenged on all sides, it is not surprising that Jobs's team is looking to increase the sales of their computer line. After all, they're a public company. If the toys crest, where's the growth come from. |
| | It will be intriguing to see how they fare as another competitor to Dell, Lenovo, Asus, and the rest. Clearly, they don't have price leverage. The design advantage has been successful but one doesn't know if it will translate into market share when competing as an otherwise commoditized product (a Windows PC). |
| | The beginning of the end of Apple? Probably not. The ongoing drunken walk, if you will. The beginning of the end of Mac OS X? More likely. There's little reason for the company to continue to fight that battle now ... give them time to establish their position in the Windows hardware pantheon and we'll see. |
| | One thing's for sure. Selling Apple to Microsoft won't make him the biggest shareholder of Microsoft. |
Today
Rowed 6147m at pace of 2:26.4s/500m.
Partly (mostly) cloudy. Some shower action around but looking better already.
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Watching Orinda. Watching the world.
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