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This can't be Apple's first development centre outside of California. I'm sitting about half a block away from their Vancouver office. They acquired SchemaSoft a while ago and parts of iWork for OS X and iOS are built there.
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Not sure why. What he says is true. Too bad these corps are supporting apartheid regimes such as Israel.
You're bringing up nasty and controversial politics in a thread where it's basically irrelevant. Flagged.
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Not sure why. What he says is true. Too bad these corps are supporting apartheid regimes such as Israel.
You're bringing up nasty and controversial politics in a thread where it's basically irrelevant. Flagged.
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Also, since I'm making a comment on the actual story it is not spam or offtopic.
An Israel engineering team saved Intel in the mid 2000s from its Netburst architecture decision. They built a higher performing CPU than the Pentium 4 that was also more energy efficient. Apple's decision is probably to just move closer to where that talent is. I wonder if they'll actually try to poach those Intel engineers.
In the '90s Intel drove a pretty good stake into the PowerPC by building a CPU design center in Austin and hiring away critical parts of the Motorola team which was working up the street.
In the '70s MOS picked up a disgruntled Motorola team and made the 6502.
Motorola won lawsuits in both events, but lost the wars.
This can't be Apple's first development centre outside of California. I'm sitting about half a block away from their Vancouver office. They acquired SchemaSoft a while ago and parts of iWork for OS X and iOS are built there.
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You're bringing up nasty and controversial politics in a thread where it's basically irrelevant. Flagged.
If Apple was doing business with North Korea would you flag any comments about the regime? Meta: When you flag something you're not supposed to also comment on it since it is better to shun and ignore spam or offtopic material than it is to try to bring attention to it, according to the site guidelines: If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all…
Israel is not closed to Western investment. Apple getting this through did not require significant action on the part of local government. In the North Korean case, the regime has to be talked about.
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If Apple was doing business with North Korea would you flag any comments about the regime? Meta: When you flag something you're not supposed to also comment on it since it is better to shun and ignore spam or offtopic material than it is to try to bring attention to it, according to the site guidelines: If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all…
> If Apple was doing business with North Korea would you flag any comments about the regime? Israel is not closed to Western investment. Apple getting this through did not require significant action on the part of local government. In the North Korean case, the regime has to be talked about.
The reason I brought it up is because the Israel issue affects me personally since I try to maintain an Israel boycott. There is a growing group of boycotters around the world. Things are already hard enough with Intel having a big facility over there. This new facility by Apple is big news to us.
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You're bringing up nasty and controversial politics in a thread where it's basically irrelevant. Flagged.
If Apple was doing business with North Korea would you flag any comments about the regime? Meta: When you flag something you're not supposed to also comment on it since it is better to shun and ignore spam or offtopic material than it is to try to bring attention to it, according to the site guidelines: If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all…
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> If Apple was doing business with North Korea would you flag any comments about the regime? Israel is not closed to Western investment. Apple getting this through did not require significant action on the part of local government. In the North Korean case, the regime has to be talked about.
Fair enough. The reason I brought it up is because the Israel issue affects me personally since I try to maintain an Israel boycott. There is a growing group of boycotters around the world. Things are already hard enough with Intel having a big facility over there. This new facility by Apple is big news to us.