Admittedly, this is Apple minutia, but interesting nonetheless, at least to me. David Chartier wries on the Unofficial Apple Weblog that Apple hasn't equipped it's computers with Sony's Blue-ray disks because it sees it as competition to it's video strategy. He quotes Bob Cringley as a source before concluding that the Apple strategy is misguided.

But that's not what Cringley said. He thinks that Apple is playing hardball with Sony to get them to release their movie catalog for sale at the iTunes store, something that Sony has been hesitant to do. No movies, no Blue-ray.

Apart from my being an Apple aficionado, I have to admit to being fascinated by the sophistication of the company's business strategies. Cringley follows this stuff closely and for me, his columns read like a Tom Clancy novel.