Apple seems to have its own timeline and agenda. If I were a betting man, I'd wager Apple would rather take an open source project, fold it into a hardware offering and drive the software's direction. Each piece gets them closer to shifting focus.
I don't see how purchasing Yahoo! fits into this pattern. They are a large search company with a number of web apps. This is in diametric opposition Apple's strategy. Why would they all of a sudden make a splash in the search game by purchasing an expensive company?
If they were to do search, it seems to me they would purchase a digital ink company, a yellow pages company, make yellow digital ink and call it a revolution. And we would love them for it.
I don't see how purchasing Yahoo! fits into this pattern. They are a large search company with a number of web apps. This is in diametric opposition Apple's strategy. Why would they all of a sudden make a splash in the search game by purchasing an expensive company?
If they were to do search, it seems to me they would purchase a digital ink company, a yellow pages company, make yellow digital ink and call it a revolution. And we would love them for it.