Sentence examples for Proprietary hardware from inspiring English sources

Proprietary hardware is a tough sell in the long run.

Apple was then ahead with a winning product bundle of proprietary hardware and software.

That business had long been based on Sun's proprietary hardware designs, and its high-end machines still are.

IBM's dominance was based on its ownership of the proprietary hardware and software of its mainframe computers.

As long as Apple insists on making people buy its proprietary hardware to get its operating system, it will remain a niche player.

And, while Apple's designs are as distinctive as ever, the devices now rely less on proprietary hardware and more on standardized technologies.

Eliminating the need to install proprietary hardware for OnStar-equipped vehicles lowers operating costs; RelayRides can simply write software that communicates with OnStar.

To such businesses, the lack of proprietary hardware to lock users in holds particular appeal.Finally, Google has come up with something akin to streaming audio and video.

Small computers based on microprocessors and using standardized software increasingly took over from centralized machines using proprietary hardware and software, I.B.M.'s stock in trade.

After years of suffering for being outside the "Wintel" PC standard set by Microsoft's Windows operating system and Intel's microprocessors, Apple is benefiting from its proprietary hardware and operating system software, analysts said.

A version of Solaris now runs on Intel-compatible microprocessors, and Sun is beginning to promote aggressively Solaris-on-Intel -- a significant departure from the company's tradition of regarding software as a way to sell its proprietary hardware.