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March 23, 2006 4:00 AM PST
Vista delay could add up to Mac sales
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While Microsoft has been struggling to release its new operating system, Apple has regularly put out updates for its Mac OS. Moreover, Apple is already strong in areas where Microsoft has promised to deliver key improvements with Vista: security, and features such as video and photo editing and search, analysts said.
"Apple is the one clear beneficiary of the flip in Vista," said Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray. If shoppers are looking for what Vista has been promising, the decision is easy, he said. Before, "they would have...had to look at a PC against a Mac. Now they only have one choice, at least for this holiday season, and that's the Mac."
Microsoft announced on Tuesday that Vista, the successor to the 4-year-old Windows XP operating system, won't be widely available to consumers until January. That has PC makers and retailers missing the important December shopping season to sell computers with the long-anticipated new Windows software.
Microsoft's loss is Apple's gain is the consensus among analysts. "Apple...should enjoy a less competitive market for another holiday season against an aging Windows offering," Richard Farmer, an analyst with Merrill Lynch, wrote in a research note Wednesday.
The Cupertino, Calif., company has an opportunity to further boost sales of Macs, which have already grown significantly in past years, said Shaw Wu, an analyst with American Technology Research in San Francisco. As an additional benefit, Apple now has more time to work on its next operating system release, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, he said.
The Vista delay is most likely to be felt by those trying to sell into the consumer market, a space Apple knows very well, Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg said. "It is a real opportunity for Apple to tout the features of their operating system and, of course, the fact that that operating system is available now."
Apple shipped 4.5 million Macs in its 2005 fiscal year, which ended last September. That was up 38 percent from 3.3 million units in the earlier year, according to American Technology Research. For the current year, the research outfit predicts that Apple will ship 4.8 million Macs, a 5 percent year-on-year increase, Wu said.
Microsoft's delay will help generate Mac sales, but it's tough to say how many, the analysts said. "There are two critical PC-buying windows for computers: back-to-school and the holiday season," Piper Jaffray's Munster said. "Microsoft is going to be on the sidelines for both of those this year. That has to benefit Apple."
However, Apple also faces some challenges, particularly with its transition to Intel processors, Wu said. "The Microsoft delay helps, but I think Apple is limited a bit by the fact that it still has not moved its entire product line to Intel," he said.
Microsoft is being hampered by its own success. Apple has been able to churn out operating system update after update, while Microsoft has now taken more than five years to ship a new OS.
"The biggest reason is that Microsoft has a much harder job to do," Munster said. "They need to be compatible with an army of devices and different types of software and different hardware platforms. Apple only has to be true to itself, and because of that the development process is multiple times more efficient for Apple."
Apple has jabbed at Microsoft's slower pace, most notably at its June 2004 developer conference, where it posted huge banners with taunts such as "Redmond, we have a problem" and "This should keep Redmond busy." (Microsoft, of course, is based in Redmond, Wash.)
The two are likely to draw even more head-to-head comparisons now that both operating systems are running on the same underlying processors and other internal components.
Apple's quicker pace has allowed it to get new features into its operating system faster. For example, both Microsoft and Apple talked about the need for improved desktop search at roughly the same time. Apple shipped the feature as part of a Mac OS X 10.4 update last April, while Microsoft's similar feature won't show up until Vista, though the company has made a downloadable desktop search add-on available amid competition from Google and others.
Many of the new music-handling and photo management tools in Vista are also strikingly similar to features that Apple has either in its OS or in companion products such as iPhoto and iTunes.
Apple had its own quagmire back in the 1990s as it tried to ready its next-generation operating system. In many ways, the original Mac OS X was an operating system that was seven years in the making.
But by moving to a newer and more modern base, Apple has been able to crank out successors in very short order. Apple released the original version of Mac OS X five years ago this Friday, and in September it served up the 10.1 update that fixed some of the bugs and features that were missing from the initial release.
Three more releases, all paid updates, have followed. Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar was released in August 2002, Mac OS X 10.3 Panther came in October 2003 and Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger went on sale in April 2005.
Apple has since slowed the pace somewhat. Apple Chief Software Technology Officer Avie Tevanian said in 2004 that Apple would take a little bit longer with Tiger and its successors than it had with the first few releases of OS X.
Still, the company is slated to release Leopard, the next release of OS X, either late this year or early next year. That means it too could conceivably be on new machines before Vista.
Apple declined to comment for this story.
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- No it won't
- The big selling point for Apple was being able to run Vista on
the new Intel Macs. With Vista now not supporting EFI and the
extra delay it will damage the Mac sales, not improve it.
Buyers are now already waiting to buy hardware because of Vista
and the extra few months won't change that. Lets hope MS
makes Vista Mac compatible!!
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- Absolute Rubbish!
- The ability to run Vista on the new Intel Macs has never been _the_ big selling point for Apple. On the contrary, Apple could have made it easier to run Vista on their hardware, by offering the BIOS as an option, but didn't. They do not want to have to compete in the highly comoditised "compatible PC" market.
The mac philosophy is to maintain a premium brand that customers value as being greater than the sum of its parts. This is acheived by maintaining tight control over the manufacturing process, software standards and the underlying operating system. If you have used a mac for more than a few days you will realise that its value comes not from its parts but rather from how well the whole thing has been put together as an extensible package. Vista does not fit into this philosophy.
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- Mac gains will be substantially minimal...
- ...or minimally substantial. Something like that ;-)
The quality of an OS is only one minor factor in determining how
many people buy it. The big factor is INERTIA. There's a built in
incentive to stick with what one knows and what works already.
Even if Vista was on schedule, Microsofts' biggest competitor
would be itself in the form of Windows XP. It will be tough for
Microsoft, let alone Apple to wrest market share from the
incumbent OS.
In the near future, OS X gains will be about an additional 3% of
market share or so.
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- I agree
- M$ has always compete with itself. When ever they release a new OS, the biggest challenge in their way is the wide adoption of the previous OS and getting those people to make the switch. Mostly in the corporate world. Of course, with a new OS, almost always to you need new hardware to run it, otherwise you'll tune down the bells and whistles or not upgrade at all.
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- Beyond inertia
- What keeps the Macs down is the price. During the back-to-school and Christmas seasons, you'll be able to pickup a Windows LAPTOP for something like $450. Until Macs compete there, there's no reason for Apple to celebrate.
Plus, the biggest draw for consumers is still musak playing and downloading, something you do perfectly fine on a PC. Photo editing, too, can be done extremely easy.
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- mac gains will be substantial
- Considering the hardware requirements of VISTA apathetic PC
users shopping for bargains will find their cheap PCs can't run it
so guess what VISTA (bloated) has undercut its potential
advantage to run on cheap PCs. Also, considering the Mac OS X
isn't even compiled for performance, it is apparent VISTA will be
in trouble (have you seen Windows XP benchmarks on the new
intel macs). DELL is already running scared scarfing up
Corporate buyers are not moving to VISTA anytime soon (2
maybe 3 years). I know our institution will not because none of
the hardware we presently have can run it decently and our
replenishment time is 3 years now).
Microsoft's house of cards is on the verge of collapsing.
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- No gain for APPLE
- What are they smoking? any possible gains will come from people that had already considered macs. I know quite a few people that are considering moving back to windows because they feel apple "sold out" with intel. Some are sick of the lack of games, or compatability with windows enviroments without going to exotic measures. I work in a journalism school and everday I get bombarded by students who dont understand why we still even have macs when all the software except final cut can be bought on windows. Macs are a niche and will stay a niche and now that they got rid of the Power chip the only thing they have is a pc with an os that is almost totally unusable in corprate enviroments.
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- how..
- Have you even used a Mac? Totally incompatible with corporate
environments? Journalism? Are you kidding?
You have know idea what you are talking about.
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- Why?
- "any possible gains will come from people that had already considered macs."
Exactly, there are quite a few that I know of....
"I know quite a few people that are considering moving back to windows because they feel apple "sold out" with intel."
Ok, so you know some windows users that switched to Mac and are now gonna switch back cause it runs on Intel?!?!?
That just doesn't make sense, why would ex-widows users be mad about a switch to Intel???
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- Why?
- "any possible gains will come from people that had already considered macs."
Exactly, there are quite a few that I know of....
"I know quite a few people that are considering moving back to windows because they feel apple "sold out" with intel."
Ok, so you know some windows users that switched to Mac and are now gonna switch back cause it runs on Intel?!?!?
That just doesn't make sense, why would ex-windows users be mad about a switch to Intel???
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- Long article, no facts
- That's an awfully long article for someone who's paid to speculate the direction of the tech industry based solely on his morning bowel movements.
I find it hard to believe that people in the market for a new computer around the holiday would switch to Mac on the basis that Windows Vista is delayed. How many casual computer users that use Windows even know what Vista is? Sure, WE all know what Vista is, but C|Net is not to be taken as a representative of the population at large. For your average computer buyer, a Windows machine is an easy sell. It runs a majority of your old programs (compared to none if you switch), plays games if your kids or you are into that sort of thing (compared to almost none if you switch), and is on the whole cheaper from a hardware standpoint across the board. The value buyer, which comprises a significant majority of the market, is not likely to be swayed.
I wouldn't be surprised if PC sellers offered some sort of "XP now, Vista later" program. Though Microsoft better hope their upgrader is flawless - a risky assumption for a new product.
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- that's the point
- the fact that most people don't know about Vista is the fact that
will make some of them prefer a Mac as a christmas gift, because
many of them will like all the eye candy that XP doesn't have, and
because they don't know that Vista is about to arrive, they won't
buy a PC to update it later with an OS that they don't know it exist.
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- Dead-on
- I totally agree with your assessment of this article . The analyst quoted in this article has no basis of facts to back up his claim that Apple computer will benefit from Vista delay . Apple's total pc shipments worldwide still remains less than 7% largely because of the their single hardware-software business model . I agree . I don't see any significant change in this .
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- Re: Long Article...
- >plays games if your kids or you are into that sort >of thing (compared to almost none if you switch),
I have a powerbook, and I have more games than I will ever play in a lifetime for Mac OS X. Lets see, Quake 3, Unreal Tournament 2004, Quake 4, World of Warcraft, Warcraft 3,Command and Conquer Generals,Reel casino, Ford Racing, Xplane (which, by the way, is every bit as good as MS Flight Sim in every way), Zoo Tycoon 1 and 2, The Sims 1 and 2, Sim City 4000, Halo, True Crimes, Call of Duty. Damn your right! There's nothing to play on the Mac (note the sarcasm)!
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- Um, what?
- "Apple released the original version of Mac OS X five years ago this
Friday, and in September it served up the 10.1 update that fixed
some of the bugs and features that were missing from the initial
This sentence makes it sound as if it took Apple almost five years
to deliver the 10.1 update.
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- ..Read that again...
- You might want to read that again.
"Apple released the original version of Mac OS X five years ago
this Friday, and in September it served up the 10.1 update that
fixed some of the bugs and features that were missing from the
initial release." This sentence makes it sound as if it took Apple
almost five years to deliver the 10.1 update."
They released the original Mac OS X (10.0) 5 years ago.. and
then that September they released the .1 update. How is that 5
years? Oh and remember, good things take time to create.
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- While Apple has a great OS....
- I don't think it will add up to a lot of extra sales....some, but
probably not a huge amount. I use OSX and Windows at work, and
while I currently like OSX more than XP....I am interested in using
Vista. Nothing wrong with 2 good OS's.
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- now that's an assumption
- why does everyone believe that Vista will be good? Especially
right out of the box?
we're talking about microsoft, who needs three SP's for each
product to correct the initial mistakes. that's one place where
apple has always killed, their products work, well, right out of
the box.
vista will be a tank out of the box. it'll have problems and short-
comings just like every other MS release. then we'll all just start
talking about the next iteration of the same-old same-old and
apple will be chugging along, 10 years ahead.
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- Re: While Apple has a great OS...
- I agree 100%. I will probably be building me a box just so I can check out Vista. I still prefer Mac OS X over Windows anyday, but I still love playing around with OS's no matter who makes them!:-) I have used about 10 different flavors of Linux, Windows all the way back to 3.1, OS/2 3.0 and 4.0, MSDOS all the way back to 3.x, Be OS, Mac OS 8.0-10.4.5.
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- Maybe. Maybe not
- Apple has had a better growth rate for computer sales than pc
makers for the past year or so already. I'm not sure that Vista
being delayed once again will make that much difference.
But, considering that Vista has been stripped down so much that it
is just a re-skinned version of XP appealing basically to consumers,
Apple could pick up some more "switchers".
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- this is pure BS
- why does it matter if Vista is delayed this holiday season or not for Apple? Microsoft users are like car users; Apple users are scooter users. Just because there is delay in a new model of car doesnt mean people are going to start buying scooters. Totally baseless article.
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- Why keep comparing Apple(s) to Redmond(s)
- haha...
Seriously... how can you really compare the two? The only comparison that is really made is Jobs to Gates (interesting both their names end in 's')
Apple creates a full working computer complete with OS. Microsoft creates (I use that term loosely here) an OS and software.
I don't think Apple is looking to make macs compatiable with microsofts OS... why why why would they. Apple has a better OS and why corrupt their hardware, that beautiful hardware, with Vista or XP???
Apple sales in computers has nothing to do with microsoft. Hardware vs software... no.
The reason for Apple's increase in sales is due to Apple not due to Microsoft. Apple is a premium product. The ipod is the reason for the increase in mac sales. Prove me wrong on that one. For people who didn't know mac or only heard about it, they were schooled when the ipod came out. ipod, itunes, podcast... apple has created its own market which has NOTHING to do with Microsoft.
Jobs and Gates is the comparison here, the success of the two men/companies, not their OS systems. Jobs is just not a greedy self-indulgent looking for acceptance having to prove himself by making more more money with crappy products only interested in marketing (deception) and not value. Believe me the man is rich and does not need to own the world... he actually has standards.
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- Wow.
- Life Circle actually wrote this:
"Jobs is just not a greedy self-indulgent looking for acceptance having to prove himself by making more more money with crappy products only interested in marketing (deception) and not value."
Wow. Just wow. It's clear how little you know of Jobs. That sentance is the 100% best description of Steve Jobs if there ever was one.
I invite you and any Mac user out there to PLEASE buy text books on computer engineering and software engineering. Read them. Understand them. Only then will you truely come to understand how Jobs and Apple so perfectly resemble your sentance.
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- Excuse me while I laugh hysterically
- Apple? Give me a break! I've been hearing this nonsense since the Switcher ads and Apple market share is still laughable. They sold a whopping 4.5 million Macs. That sounds like a big number but it's doesn't even register on the scale compared to the 230 million PCs sold in the same period. When apple increases it's sales by 1000% or so then you can start babbling about their increasing sales. I wouldn't hold my breath though. Apple is rapidly morphing into an entertainment company and the competition there is even worse than in the PC world. They'll have to take on giants like Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, and Microsoft. The iPod isnt going to keep them afloat forever and France is about to give them a good kick in the groin over their proprietary music format. The only thing I see in Apples future is trouble. Good luck Steve.
And what's with the nonsense about desktop search? Windows users can choose from a host of free products, Yahoo and Google being two of the most prominent. There is nothing you can do on a Mac that you can't do on a PC. But there are many things you can only run on a PC, like most major business software packages. But why should we bother talking about that? Nobody uses Macs in the business world anyway.
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- SIZE doesn't matter...
- We all knew some dork would talk about Apple's Market Share. Market share isn't always the goal.
QUALITY. Steve Jobs has said over and over, his/Apple's goal is to make "the best computers we can". Not the bargain basement approach which yields mediocrity. Windows. I use Windows at work and Macs whenever I can. Macs just work.
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- Basis for story is simply wrong
- The author implies that the long time between OS releases for Windows vs the rapid churn for OSX is an advantage for OSX. The truth is actually the opposite, businesses like to be able to run the same OS for years without having the overheard of upgrading so the churn of OSX is actually a disadvantage for it in that world. On the home front it's also a pain to continually pay large upgrade prices for small incremental changes so that works against OSX too.
In either case though the decision for or against Apple is based on a lot more than just how frequently the OS is released which means that the advantage gained or lost because of a product delay is small.
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- Faster time-to-market is bad?
- Hey, are you the guy in charge of getting Windows out on time?
No wonder you feel that way.
Apple is barely competing for the Business market. And "Incremental" upGRADESs? Not so incremental my friend. Apple will now be TWO FULL UPGRADES AHEAD of Microsoft's Windozzzzzzz...
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- Wall street analysts are negative indicators
- Wall Street analysts are those same guys who were telling us on MSNBC last night that General Motors isn't in any big financial difficulties. Believe them?
No, the fundamentals of the computer market aren't going to change over the next six months: Apple will still price all of its hardware and software out of the market; pc makers will continue to keep their prices competitive by building for Windows; the majority of the buying public will continue to look for what they became comfortable with (Windows); and the Linux people will continue to draw circles in the air rather than get out into the real world and put their OS on hardware shipped to retailers, so by default Microsoft's position in the market will remain unchanged until VISTA comes out.
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- The MARKET has decided this is a non factor
- Since Monday APPLE stock has gone from over $65 to under $61...a negative change of 6% (<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=apple&btnG=Search" target="_newWindow">http://finance.google.com/finance?q=apple&btnG=Search</a>)
while over the same time MICROSOFT has changed from $28 to $26.75 or a change of 5.6% (<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=microsoft&btnG=Search&hl=en" target="_newWindow">http://finance.google.com/finance?q=microsoft&btnG=Search&hl=en</a>)
Seems to me APPLE should be up on this news if it was going to result in increased results.
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- Hope you're not an investment advisor.
- If that's the basis of your conclusion.
Want some advice? Buy low, sell high.
Play the lottery (the odds are in your favor;-)
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- Too early to make this comment
- This news could be good for Apple. We will have to see. Apple's
revenue is still very high for Macs. Each and every quarter so far
they have increased Mac sales by astounding numbers, far greater
than any other manufacter. They do have momentum. OSX Leopard
will maybe be out before Vista. This would be a blow to M$ at least
in confidence of the consumer on the retail level for the most
important buying season of the year. Also remember the Intel
switch will over by then. Apple will increase sales, it is just how
much the increase will be.
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- confounding factor
- Yes, Apple is down, but we don't know what would have
happened to the stock price if the French DRM legislation had
not moved forward this week, garnering substantial attention in
the media. The run-up in Apple's stock price has been driven by
iPod-related business, so it would make sense that concern over
the long-term implications of that legislation would drive the
stock price down, regardless of another Microsoft delay.
Microsoft's problems cannot hurt Apple's sales, but to expect
dramatic switching is unrealistic. Still, every .1% of market share
for Apple is huge for the company even if they remain a small
portion of the overall market.
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- Microsoft on the Sidelines?
- I think Munster must be smoking something:
'Piper Jaffray's Munster said. "Microsoft is going to be on the sidelines for both of those this year. That has to benefit Apple."'
Microsoft will most certainly not be on the sidelines at all this year. They will continue to offer Windows XP which has evolved into a very capable and stable OS. Just because Apple iterates it's version number each time they come out with an update to OS X doesn't mean they are working hard and Microsoft hasn't updated XP in the last 4 years. XP SP2 is a huge leap and would have been called a whole new version by many companies. Microsoft gave it to us for free, thankfully.
During the two crucial buying seasons this year, people who buy new PCs will buy them with XP on them. Most will not know or care that Vista even exists or that Microsoft didn't get it out in time to put it on the shiny new PC they just bought.
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- Capable and Stable
- oh... I did have to laugh to that.
I have a pc. I am a pc user. My next computer will be a mac. Why am I converting? Because of the "capable and stable". Microsoft OS can hardly be called stable nor capable. It is convenient. I can get a $200 computer with Microsoft OS... cheap.
Here's the deal, with every microsoft OS upgrade, I find myself getting a new computer. And with all the crashes and hanging/dragging, I find it so frustrating to work. I need a system that I can use to get things done. I don't need to play games on it. I need it to simply work. And if I am spending money on new computers because the OS destroys the hardware, then one might think I'd consider other options.
I am looking forward to purchasing a mac. I am looking forward to being more productive.
I suppose it depends on what you use the computer for. If you just use it for games or mostly just surfing (although xp hangs up with that too), then a pc with XP/vista/office whatever, might be fine. If one needs to actually be productive, run calculations (not even complex ones), create large documents, creat graphics, then I'm thinking the mac would be more useful.
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- Slow days for news again?
- Even the increasing sales of apples haven`t helped apple to
gain market share, because the overall market is also increasing.
Now that the apple pressence is bigger than its market share,
because apples have longer life. Have you walked in a recicle
store? You might find some apple IIs or very old hardware,
compared to PCs cappable of runing Win2000 or even XP, and
you can find them in the trash too, but you will not find a PPC
Mac there.
People will not buy Macs because Vista is delayed, people buy
macs because they want it, apples is not like a consolation prize.
It is not like, I bought it because it was the only thing available.
Good things take long ime to make... it is true, I do like Havana
Club 14yo, and perhaps I would like Vista, if they work another 8
years on it... perhaps.
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- Apple + Vista = Popular News Article
- It seems like every tech columnists writes about Apple, Google, and Microsoft (in that respective order). So when nothing major is going on in the tech industry, why not just write an article discussing the interactions of the two to gain some readers? That's all this article is. They could have plugged in the same thing that Vista delay will be a boost to Google and listed off how Google Desktop will be used more so now then Vista's desktop search. Please, STOP THE SENSELESS ARTICLES ON APPLE, GOOGLE, AND MICROSOFT. How much hype and discussion can there be?
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- Windows Trolls are out.
- Isn't there an age limit to posting here?
These high school kids are annoying.
A lot of these posts are from people that have minimal experience using OS X and Macs, yet they diss them.
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- And yet...
- "A lot of these posts are from people that have minimal experience using OS X and Macs, yet they diss them."
And most Mac users have NO experience in professional IT, and can't so much as spell Engineering without their spell checker, let alone study the subject. Yet the Apple fanbois will diss those people without a second thought. (Or a first thought for that matter.)
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- This is just more evidence
- That so-called technology experts are anything but.
It also proves that Wallstreet is as technologically retarded as it was in the 70s, 80s and 90s.
First of all having an inferior OS on inferior hardware has done nothing to damage Microsoft's market share, ever. Better computers, better operating systems have all come and gone, Microsoft remains.
Second, no one cares if Vista is being delayed apart from a minority of idiots. No corporate or government purchaser would even consider leaving Vista on their PCs until at least 1 service pack has been released, and compatibility testing has proved that other software will not be impacted.
MS corporate licensing allows you to go back two OS versions and still be in compliance. ie. you could install Windows 2000 on an XP box, XP on a Vista box and remain fully compliant with your license agreement.
The reality is that either someone out their is incredibly stupid, or deliberately lying. I guarantee you that in one year exactly the same percentage of computers will have MS products installed as they do today.
The worst case scenario for Microsoft (and PC hardware manufacturers) is that first adopters will delay their purchase for a few months. As a percentage of new PC purchasers, these people remain as much of a minority as Linux or Mac users do in the corporate world.
Finally lets get something clear. Despite the number of flames I'm bound to get from idiots reading the first line of this post and ignoring the rest, I am not being critical of superior operating systems. I am simply stating reality. If you're deluded enough to believe that the Mac will make a significant comeback because of this delay, you were probably taken in by the delusion that an overpriced and underpowered Mini, or an overpriced MP3 player would also result in significant market share for Apple.
And while both these products have created a small increase in sales of Macs, none of the previous predictions have come true.
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- Attacking the messenger...
- Maybe the guys attacking News.com are the ones advising Bush to attack the media too.
Bush is right about the media's coverage. The Apple nay-sayers here are wrong to attack the reporters here. This story and question is indeed a valid technology-business analysis and prognostication. The opinions and views QUOTED are from ANALYSTS - not the reporters. (necessarily;-)
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- Micrsoft's two-front war with Google and Apple
- After years of not really being challenged all of the sudden Microsoft has to fight a war on two fronts. Apples Mac OS X is arguably a better desktop operating system than than Windows XP (and maybe Vista) and Google is currently better online than Microsoft. If they dont take Mac as a serious threat now, they risk losing share in the near-term. In fact, if Apple so chose they could come out with a retail version of OS X to run on every WinTel machine tomorrow.
I think that in the future most business computing will be done remotely. Anyone who has used Salesforce, webmail or online bill-pay knows how cool it is to have this data available from any computer on the internet. Googles recent acquisition of online word processor Writely shows me that they agree. Clearly, security becomes even more an issue with this kind of sensitive data being hosted remotely and Microsofts record in that area is lacking (understatement of the day)
Microsoft knows very well whats at stake on both fronts and although the delay of Vista may help Apple in the short-term, it may help them against Google in the longer term. If they cant get the security thing right the lose on both fronts.
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- I don't think it would add up to mac sales.
- Windows users are probably looking to upgrade. They are probably not going to buy Mac machines.
These are my reasons
1) After windowsxp sp2, the number of problems in windows has come down. Many user are being extra careful about their machines. Many ISP are providing adware and antivirus for free (Atlease timewarner does). Microsoft auto update feature is good.
2) People probably spent money on buying software and games for windows. If user moves to mac, then they have to buy software again.
People have learnt to mitigate viruses, adware on windows. So there is no incentive to move to Mac.
3) Most users are used to using windows at work. So for them there is no learning curve to use windows at home. Some employers allow users to download windows software. Most notably Microsoft Office because of the enterprise licensing agreement, the employers have with microsoft.
4) Cost is definetly a factor. Windows machines are any day cheaper by couple of hundred dollars.
5) Microsoft marketing machine is any day better than Apple's. Microsoft also has ton of money.
6) There are tons of free software for Windows(Eg: Good Picasa etc)
However, there will be users who will buy a Mac for its cool looks and great OS. But this is not going to dent Microsoft OS.
Really geeks, who hate microsoft will go and install linux.
If VISTA has persistant issues with Virus, Spyware etc, its market share will definetly erode.
My prediction is Mac market share will go to 7 to 9% (Currently it is 5% - guess). Windows share will remain same or drop a little bit.
Currently I am windowsxp user and I am happy with what I have. Never had any problem with Virus or adware. I like the Mac OSX features and cool looks.
But this has not yet, made me, open my wallet to Apple.
Just my two cents.
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- Ridiculous.
- How could the delay of Vista add up to Mac Sales?
Don't get me wrong. I like Apple and I hope to one day buy an
Intel Imac core duo in the near future for the originally cool OS X
and its unix features to just having the best of both worlds from
Apple & Microsoft.
Least we forget that Microsoft is still a monopoly! They have all
the bases covered which is key to keeping their reputation in
place, although bad as of late), these of which are: Software
developers, Computer Manufacturers, Big-Time Investors and
the big ticket item, which is their achilles heel - Consumer &
Corporate mindshare. Its within these key elements they have
free reign over choices, we make as consumers.
They could delay Vista for a year and there will still be a loyal
consumer base buying their products. They probably could even
delay it to two years without a significant dent in their
marketshare. They could release it now, even if its not
completely finished yet (as crappy as it is( and it will instantly
sell in one day more than Apple's OS X could ever sell. Thats just
the truth of how much power they hold over this industry.
So hows this good for mac sales?
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- Doubt It
- There are still differences between Macs and PCs and despite Apple's claims, compatibility isn't 100%. Also, many of the programs for Macs as of yet do not have native support for the x86 Intel processor, which is a major point against purchasing a Intel Mac as of now. Third, OS X is a different operating system and many people who are used to Windows do not want to have to learn to use OS X. Finally, the majority of computer sales are in the business sector, and corporations almost exclusively use PCs instead of Macs.
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- Nope...
- If my 2002 WinXP computer dies before the release of Vista, I will get another WinXP machine.
The business world runs on Windows computers, and using one is a mandatory business skill.
I'm not going to lock myself into being an Apple-only hardware buyer. With Windows, a person can choose to buy their hardware from Dell, or HP, or...
I'm not going to throw away my current Windows application software, and replace it with Apple software, if available.
Windows has a larger library of available applications than Apple.
Etc., etc., etc...
Apple makes pretty computers, but they are just obscure small-niche machines.
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- The perfect Windows user!
- You are exactly the person Microsoft wants - poorly informed and a
rote echoer of FUD. Here's hoping that you never figure out that
Macs are much more than pretty machines. You belong on a Dell,
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- The Johnster.
- Dear John,
Your unrequited love for Microsoft is touching.
But its exactly that unrequited. Its not reciprocated on their
behalf. John i'm sad to say that they truly don't care about you
as an average consumer. They love your money though. Did you
ever take a look at the pricing model for Vista. John, I'm sorry.
John you said "The business world runs on Windows computers,
and using one is a mandatory business skill." but don't you know
its because of this mentality they are harming consumers with
they're Monopolistic ways. Regardless of what the government
deems as such. John are you brainwashed?
John if its your choice not to by Apple software. So be it. I know
Microsoft wouldn't want it any other way and given your views
Apple wouldn't want it any other way, either. John you said
"With Windows, a person can choose to buy their hardware from
Dell, or HP, or... I'm not going to throw away my current
Windows application software, and replace it with Apple
software, if available." John you truly are demonstrating your
savage love for Microsoft. I respect that, but don't you realize
thats its because Windows is availaible on all those machines, its
also harming consumers choices and John whether it be Dell or
HP or Sony its not by choice on their part. Why? Apple hasn't
licensed the Mac OS, yet.
Lastly John you said "I'm not going to throw away my current
Windows application software, and replace it with Apple
software, if available. Windows has a larger library of available
applications than Apple." John seriously now.. Its not about
quantity its about the quality of software thats out there and I'm
sure you haven't seen the titles readily available for the mac so
why bother getting into detail.
And yes Apple does make super cool looking computers, I know
thats what you had meant buy "pretty" but John theres also
substance behind those pretty looks. I wish I can say that for a
Dell machine John, but I can't their just horrid. John you don't
sound like the type to own either a Dell or an HP are you also
one of those Windows users that treat their machine like it was a
classic automobile.. Haha..
Either way John good luck with your Windows machine.. I'm sure
its your source of pride and joy.
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I absolutely loved factions "ghetto city", the towering run down buildings of a poor city now ravaged by demons. Factions was great to play AFTER leveling up in prophecies, however I didnt like leveling up in factions. It happened to quickly, the game dosnt unlock spells for you, and the island you level up on is nothing special.
Prophecies offers a great progression speed, unlocks many of your skills through quest, and offers a diverse environment. Population isnt to bad really either, its really picked up although youll run into alot of farmers. Also later missions can be hard with just henchmen.
Factions is a great expansion, but to start out in I didn't like the start out area, and you have to buy any skills with gold in which you will quickly hit the 1Plat per skill cost. Also no heros = hard solo play, esp in missions.
Nightfall, a close 2nd best to prophecies, offering more ideal quest, boss fights, and sprawling non linear environment. Also the heros system makes it much easier to solo and do missions. Environments weighs heavily on desert regions,and the end game is quite difficult. Starting at level 1 is simular to factions, you levelup most levels on a starter island before being set loose on the main continent. Level up speed may be slower but its more fun and easier with heros and several missions you can do. You may find your self grinding some though, some areas offer creatures covering many level ranges and this means youll be resetting often to get more mobs in your level range.
GWEN -still working on, so far I like it. Multiple large storylines, well thought out areas with great views, and dungion runs (missions) take place in areas where you can ressurect in, no more lost missions if your entire team wipes. This allows for some hard missions since theres a smaller penalty for wiping. Also some dungions are multi sectioned and get reused for other quest lines, so more content quest wise.
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- The definition of atrophy is the weakening, loss, wasting away, break-down or growth halt of something such as a body part, plant, person, place or thing.
- When a person gets dementia and cannot remember things anymore, it is an example of atrophy in their brain cells.
- When a tree is no longer receiving the nutrients it needs and it begins to lose leaves, it is an example of atrophy.
- An example of atrophy is an abandoned home wearing away with time and weather, becoming broken down and unsuitable for living.
a wasting away, esp. of body tissue, an organ, etc., or the failure of an organ or part to grow or develop, as because of insufficient nutrition
Origin of atrophy; from Late Latin atrophia ; from Classical Greek a wasting away ; from a-, not + trephein, to feed: see trophic
intransitive verbatrophied, atrophying
to waste away or fail to develop
transitive verb
to cause atrophy in
Related Forms:
- atrophic
nounpl. at·ro·phies
- A wasting or decrease in size of a body organ, tissue, or part owing to disease, injury, or lack of use: muscular atrophy of a person affected with paralysis.
- A wasting away, deterioration, or diminution: intellectual atrophy.
verbat·ro·phied, at·ro·phy·ing, at·ro·phies
verb, transitive
To cause to wither or deteriorate; affect with atrophy.
verb, intransitive
To waste away; wither or deteriorate.
Origin of atrophyLate Latin atrophia, from Greek atrophiā, from atrophos, ill-nourished : a-, without; see a–1 + trophē, food.
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(plural atrophies)
(third-person singular simple present atrophies, present participle atrophying, simple past and past participle atrophied)


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CHESTERTOWN - The North Warren basketball team showcased their athletic talent Jan. 22 by dominating Adirondack League powerhouse Corinth for all but the final minute of play.
But the improbable dream - within reach for the Cougars for about an hour Friday night - of beating the 9-1 team fielded by a larger school was dashed with two clutch shots. Tomahawk standout Ron Bovee hit two consecutive three-pointers while his teammates held off North Warren for the dramatic finish to the game.
While Cougar defenders were smothering the offensive stars Hernandez and Tucker, dark-horse player Bovee, who hadn't accomplished much offensively all night, hit his first of the two with about 40 seconds left, then followed up with the second with 10 seconds remaining, Cougar Coach Jason Humiston said.
"We put up a tough defense, we got our rebounds and our breaks, but we just lost track of Bovee," Humiston said. "We had them on the ropes, but we just couldn't finish them off."
North Warren maintained a solid lead throughout the game. Corinth led just once by one point in the third before the Cougars shut them down again.
The Cougars, a young team this season, have improved substantially during the season. The last time these two teams met, the Cougars lost 60-23.
"Our kids played really well - We should have won it," Humiston said. "Our kids got nervous, and we made a few mistakes at the end."
North Warren's Jeff Bennett scored 18 points - including a trio of three-pointers - and Bryan Beckler tallied 12 points, assisted by Joe Aiken with four points and Kristian Seeley and Travis Monroe with two each.
Warrensburg 53,
Hadley-Luzerne 38
LAKE LUZERNE - John Joseph scored 16 points and Mike Perrone added 12 to lead Warrensburg past Hadley-Luzerne Jan. 22.
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Experts on the early history of baseball, Mable Dodge Luhan, Edith Warner and hippies will participate in the second half of the 2013 Brainpower and Brownbags Lecture Series.
Organized by Tomas Jaehn of the museum's Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, the lectures are free and open to the public (bring a lunch).
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Aug. 21: Jeff Laing on "That Championship Season (1888): The Santa Fe Ancients' Pennant Race of the New Mexico Baseball League."
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(2002). However, to differentiate between the ventrolateral region below the principal sulcus and the lateral orbital cortex we will use 12 ventrolateral (12vl) and 12 orbital (12o), respectively, as defined by Preuss and Goldman-Rakic (1991).
The VLPFC also commonly includes a small sulcus—termed the inferior frontal sulcus by Winters et al. (1969) and the infraprincipal dimple or the inferior prefrontal dimple (IPD) by others (Paxinos et al., 2000; Petrides and Pandya, 2002; Petrides et al., 2005)—which varies in its position and depth in M. mulatta. Some schematics of VLPFC depict the IPD as running in a rostral-to-caudal direction and separating area 45A from area 46 (Petrides and Pandya, 2002). However, in our neurophysiological recordings (Romanski and Goldman-Rakic, 2002; Romanski et al., 2005) and in other studies (Petrides et al., 2005), it is depicted as running dorsal to ventral and separating area 45 from area 12/47. It is not always described or visible in studies of other subspecies of macaque monkeys. Thus, there is variability in the position of area 12/47 and area 45 not only between the subspecies of macaques but also within M. mulatta individuals. As explained later, the IPD is the primary location in which auditory responsive neurons and audiovisual responsive cells have been reliably located in several studies, and may be a critical landmark for delineating the functional auditory responsive prefrontal region in macaques. Whether it defines the border of areas 12/47 and 45 is unclear.
In the human brain, areas 44 and 45 have been associated with language processing confirmed by electrical stimulation, PET and functional MRI (fMRI). However, the areas that control vocalization production in Old World monkeys are not as well understood and could include VLPFC, whereas other studies have implicated ventral premotor and the cingulate vocalization area (Petrides et al., 2005; Jürgens, 2009; Coudé et al., 2011).
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The cytoarchitectonic descriptions here are taken from Preuss and Goldman-Rakic (1991), who described the frontal lobe of the rhesus macaque, M. mulatta, which is the same species that has been examined in most neurophysiology studies of VLPFC. These descriptions are in general agreement with Petrides and Pandya (2002). Area 45 is located ventral to the caudal principal sulcus within the ventral limb of the arcuate and extends onto the cortical surface (Fig. 15.1C–E). It is composed of large pyramidal cells in layer V and deep layer III. Layer IV is thick with densely packed small cells, with some of the larger pyramidal cells from deep layer III and superficial layer V intruding on layer IV. It is densely myelinated. Area 45 is bordered dorsally by area 8a (Preuss and Goldman-Rakic, 1991), which can be distinguished from area 45 by the presence of


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The general project leader acts as a liaison between subordinates who are working on the project and superiors who have set the project goals, reporting team performance to upper management and ensuring their team's compliance with company goals and policy. General project leader positions are available in a wide variety of industries, including information technology, finance, and engineering. In the majority of these industries, most or all work is completed in an office setting.
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Thomas Curran, 40, a former resident of North Creek, died in New York City. Mr. Curran was taken to a hospital to undergo an operation for appendicitis. When he was placed on the operating table the surgeon said he was already near death with pneumonia and refused to operate. Death ensued before he was taken from the table. A widow and six young children survive.
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The Morgan City 11-year-old All-Stars dropped its district tournament opener Thursday in Thibodaux to Thibodaux, 13-3 in four innings. Above, TyJae Vaughns receives a high five from assistant coach Chris Boudreaux after making a catch to
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People line the Atchafalaya River to watch the fireworks during the 2014 Rock the Fifth Independence Day celebration. This year's Rock the Fifth will be Sunday in Morgan City and Berwick.
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More than 3,000 firearms enthusiasts are expected to converge at Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS) in Hampton this weekend, for the GunRunner Shows exhibit.
The raceway will host its first GunRunner Shows exhibit Saturday, from 9 a.m., to 5 p.m., and Sunday, from 10 a.m., to 5 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults, and free for children ages 12 and under.
"Our dealers want to be at AMS, because of the support we get from the citizens in Hampton, and the surrounding areas," said Monica Steverson co-owner, and promoter, for GunRunner Shows.
"The last six shows we've done, attendance was above 3,000 for each of them," Steverson said.
Steverson said the GunRunner Shows exhibit is popular because of it wide selection of items on display. "Probably 90 percent of the show is actual guns. The rest is knives and gun accessories."
Co-owner, Larry Steverson, said the gun show typically brings in a wide range of firearms.
"The most expensive I've ever seen is probably $20,000," he said. "It runs the gamut, from $100 on up," he said.
"We have everything from pistols to semi-automatic weapons, and .22 caliber rifles, to AK 47s," added Monica Steverson. She predicts attendance could reach as many as 4,000 people this weekend.
GunRunner Shows, which is also co-owned by Elaine Steverson, began producing events 22 years ago, according to Monica Steverson.
"Ours stands out because of the excitement that we, as promoters, put into the shows," she continued. "It's family-owned and operated, from the first minute [detail] of the show, to the time the doors close on Sunday."
Matthew Simmons, marketing and promotion coordinator for AMS, said activities centered on guns are popular at the speedway.
"Over the years, there have been a number of gun shows in the Atlanta Motor Speedway infield garages," he said. "We look forward to hosting another great show this weekend. We typically have a great crowd of enthusiasts, perusing the offerings, looking for a deal to be had."
For more information on GunRunner Shows, call Monica Steverson at (706) 592-4347.
Simmons added that Saturday's gun show, will coincide with the fourth Winter Flurry, short-track race at AMS. The six-race series began Nov. 6, and additional races are scheduled for Feb. 12, and March 12.
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My aunt, LaVerne Busek, died this week.
You probably did not know her. In fact, I am not sure how much I really knew her.
People tell me I was among her favorite people in the whole family.
But we were not close in the way many relatives are.
She was always "our aunt in Cleveland" and lived a life much different than that of her blue collar brother (my dad) or farm-wife sister (my aunt, Alta Coultrip) in Wakeman.
She was a teacher, a professional woman. She never married. She traveled the world. She read challenging books and the Christian Science Monitor and Women's Wear Daily. She had theater and symphony and museum memberships.
The things I know about her seem so superficial.
For instance, I know she always had a parakeet. For years, each replacement bird was named Mr. Pickwick.
She loved to garden and would haul bushel baskets of manure from her sister's farm to improve the soil in her Shaker Heights garden.
She knew the city of Cleveland like a taxicab driver. She could tell you turn-by-turn directions to get anywhere.
That's how I first discovered she was developing Alzheimer's disease. I was in Cleveland and called to ask how I could get from where I was to her home. When she could not even remember the name of the cross street nearest her home, I knew she had a problem.
That was three-and-a-half years ago. Shortly after that incident, we helped her move to The Carriage House here in Norwalk. Then, as the Alzheimer's progressed, she relocated to places with the capabilities required to deal with that nasty affliction. She died last Tuesday night in Norwalk Memorial Home, covered by a quilt her mother had made for her 40 years ago. She was seven weeks shy of her 89th birthday.
As with every obituary, hers seemed regretfully inadequate to me. And, of course, even the luxury of 800 words in this newspaper column cannot summarize an 89-year life.
So I will simply tell you some things about LaVerne Mildred Busek and the topic that was most important of all to herschool.
She was a student herself, of course. And some headlines from the Wakeman High School student newspaper, "The Broadcaster," are telling.
From April 3, 1936: "Wakeman Places First In County Oratorical and Reading Contest. LaVerne Busek and Ruth Filkins Represent Local School." The story went on to say: "LaVerne, who has represented us several times this year oratorically, succeeded in defeating her rivals in both the Declamation and Scripps-Howard contest. Her essay was written by herself and entitled 'Should Ohio Have A One House Legislature?'"
And from May 27, 1936: "Florence Tousley is Valedictorian; Class Salutatorian is LaVerne Busek. Averages Are Very Nearly Tied."
She later became a teacher herself.
Here's a June, 1964 note from 10-year-old Kim Ringler: "Dear Miss Busek, You cannot imagine how much I appreciate your fine teaching. This year I have honestly enjoyed school because of your strict determination to let me LEARN! I write this letter in earnest and hope you realize this. Your admirer, Kim Ringler" I found a box full of others stating pretty much the same sentiment. The quality and sophistication of the writing by these children suggest that some serious learning was going on in Miss Busek's class.
Even a class troublemaker felt compelled to write this simple but expressive note: "Dear Miss Busek, I am sorry about what happened yesterday. I know you expect me to behave, and it will not happen again. Sincerely, Abel Robertson."
Phyllis and Elmer Freiberg offered a parental point of view in a letter to the "Sun Press" newspaper in 1976: "We were surprised to hear that Miss LaVerne Busek...had retired from Sussex School recently. It is a real loss to the Shaker Heights school system. Miss Busek taught our three children and...did much to develop their character and love of learning."
As I said, at our distance we never really got close to our aunt in Cleveland.
But I see now she was busywith her strict determination to help Kim Ringler learn; with her high expectations for Abel Robertson; and with her commitment to develop character and love of learning as noted by the Freibergs.
These are very nice things to be said about any human being. And I am glad they were true of my father's sister, my Aunt LaVerne. May she rest in peace.


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