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• Misleading headlines are biased
  I have no connection to VT. The fact is, the headline leads you to believe that there were two winners, when in fact, there were 3. Leaving out a "lesser name" school isn't factual and is misleading. And by the way, I'm married to a journalist, and have a sister who is one too, so I know how the "world" of journalism works -- but thanks for criticizing me for something you know nothing about. In reply to: "Stanford, CMU robots cross the finish line"

  November 4, 2007

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• Shouldn't VT be in the headline too?
  The headline seems a bit misleading and biased on this article. Shouldn't it read "Stanford, CMU, VT Robots Cross the Finish Line"?? Be honest and unbiased in your reporting. In reply to: "Stanford, CMU robots cross the finish line"

  November 4, 2007

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• Microsoft Killer
  I think this is a brilliant plan by Apple to position themselves to directly challenge Microsoft and eat into Microsoft's market share. What does Apple need to do in order to accomplish this? They need to penetrate the business world more.
  
  In business, Macs aren't used much outside of graphic design, publishing, and other creative fields. Switching to Intel will allow Macs to run a great number of custom written and legacy applications that companies use. Emulating Windows or MS-DOS will be easier, more reliable, and much faster on an Intel processor. I'd bet that such an emulator will be standard with the new Intel based line. This means that businesses won't have a platform barrier preventing them from using a superior OS, and they won't have to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars re-writing software either.
  
  Now think, what if Apple was to sell the Intel version of their OS so that you could install it on any Intel based machine? Why limit itself to just its own machines? Sure, the Mac looks better, but if it can sell an OS that can run on the millions of Intel machines AND can run all their existing applications AND provide a better, more secure, easier to use OS -- then why wouldn't people switch to Apple? Everyone loves their iPod and associates Apple with quality -- while the opposite is true of Microsoft.
  
  Creating a true alternative to Windows is a brilliant move on Apple's part. They're the only company in the world that could possibly take on Microsoft's dominance of the desktop and win. The only way to do this is by switching to Intel.
  
  Wake up people! This isn't about DRM, investment by Microsoft, or other devious plots. Intel does not equal Microsoft. Intel does not equal bad software. Intel and Apple does equal a serious threat to the Microsoft dominated world of desktop computing as we know it today!

  June 9, 2005

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