[Elecraft] More on Mac and Windows and the K-Line

[Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT]

Not exactly.  You need to go back to the Apple I and MS-DOS/PC-DOS to 
really understand the question.

Apple started life building computers.  Microsoft started as a software 
company providing an OS for PC and compatibles.

Microsoft makes their money selling the OS.  Apple used hardware sales 
to pay for software the essentially gave away.

When Apple tried allowing Mac clones, the lost hardware revenue all but 
stopped MacOS development, and it took Apple a while to recover.

Microsoft entered the hardware business later.

73 -- Lynn


On 3/22/2015 1:16 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> Good analogy, I'm left-handed ... you learn to adapt.  Apple and 
> Microsoft approached the market essentially orthogonally.  Jobs wanted 
> to control the entire user experience and as a result, the Apple 
> hardware and software was tightly bundled, controlled, and protected. 
> If Apple didn't make it or authorize its creation, it doesn't exist.