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		hollerith on April 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Intel Foundry Services and Arm announce collaborat... I always thought it was a response to other cell-phone makers integrating music-player functionality into their cell phones, threatening Apple's music-player revenue stream.

gumby on April 12, 2023 [–]

Me too. Ballmer's reaction to the iphone was not obviously stupid at the time, especially given Microsft's business model of direct enterprise sales.

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