At Apple, signs of life or Think Delusional?
The new Apple and its strategies to remain relevant are detailed in this Wall Street Journal story by Lee Gomes (subscription required) in which he speaks of feeling "a shiver of Apple envy that [he] hadn't felt in years." He asks:
How do you compete with Microsoft? One way is to get others to do some of your work for you. Apple these days is using a lot of freely available "open-source" software. The core of its new browser, Safari, is from an open-source project called KDE.
Apple has also hired boatloads of programmers, including some open-source big shots. Application software now has its own division. There is even a group that keeps a version of Apple's OS X operating system available for running on Intel machines. The effort is part of Apple's open-source commitment, but could also be useful if the company ever decides to switch from the PowerPC microprocessor.