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Scary enough to be true?
June 9th 2005

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There are conspiracy theories and then there are whoppers like the latest I, Cringley column. The frightening part of Bob Cringley's yarn is that it's just twisted enough to be believable:

This isn't a story about Intel gaining another three percent market share at the expense of IBM, it is about Intel taking back control of the desktop from Microsoft ... Intel is fed up with Microsoft. Microsoft has no innovation ... If Intel was able to own the Mac OS and make it available to all the OEMs, it could break the back of Microsoft.

If you think this sound like an urban legend, you're right because it's got all the right elements:

There's a solid motive—kill Microsoft (everyone hates the bastards anyway)
There's a weapon—Apple (everyone knows they're Microsoft's bitter rival and have a better product)
And, finally, there's a believable payoff—world domination

Fact or fiction? You make the call...

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