Apple now worth more than Microsoft
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they sure tried. xbox, windows ce and zune, bing, major investment in facebook. Too bad the only things that makes money are windows and office. As more shit moves to the cloud they will control less and less.
As MS falls they will get more scrapy, it will be interesting to watch.
As MS falls they will get more scrapy, it will be interesting to watch.
its just one month. holy shit its not like apple just totally wiped the floor with them. If anything people should be saying its about damn time. Apple products everywhere how are they not number 1 till now.
If microsoft is smart they will look at this as a real challenge again. If you sit up that high for so long im sure your bound to come down. Its just a question of wither or not microsoft can bounce back. (If they are even that worried about trying to battle for 1st place right now).
If microsoft is smart they will look at this as a real challenge again. If you sit up that high for so long im sure your bound to come down. Its just a question of wither or not microsoft can bounce back. (If they are even that worried about trying to battle for 1st place right now).
I wonder if Apple can sustain the momentum if Jobs has to step down on account of his health. Most of Apple's success is tied to his vision and drive to innovate.
Microsoft has never really figured out the Internet, and lacks any real vision aside from crushing and copying competitors. They will always remain a "me too" company.
Microsoft has never really figured out the Internet, and lacks any real vision aside from crushing and copying competitors. They will always remain a "me too" company.
Yea... over 28 billion dollars just one month to not only match the cap MS had over them but to exceed it.
Seriously? Microsoft is ALL ABOUT marketing. Bill Gates is a marketing genius. It is not like he wrote DOS way back when, he figured out how to market it and figured out that the OS was way more important than proprietary hardware etc.
Microsoft also understands channel marketing better than any tech company I've ever experienced. They sell mainly through partners, and know how to make sure partners get $$$$.
Of course, Apple is quite the marketing company too. Difference is, Apple has been innovating a lot, especially recently, and Microsoft hasn't. And Microsoft has never understood the Internet.
I disagree with you calling bill gates/Microsoft a marketing GENIUS. MS were first movers in a multi-billion dollar industry where sales are based almost solely on the quality (defined by tech and accessability factors) of the product. In addition, product differentiation is extremely simple to demonstrate and measure. Once an initial foothold in the industry was achieved, and MS was a part of every household, it was VERY difficult for anyone (including apple) to break in.
Bill's initial positioning of MS was great, he had great business instincts and was able to spot the value in something that others may not have. He further developed windows, office, etc. But at that point the competition was almost non-existant... This wasn't exactly an industry with a low barrier to entry where any joe blow company could compete, furthermore, all the costs to consumers associated with switching OS'/Hardware made it very unlikely to do so, which made company think twice abouting entering the market.
Now if we wanna talk about marketing genius go take a look at Coca Cola, MS isn't even in the same ball park. (or Apple if we're talking tech, much better marketing than MS..)
Maybe I am just old, but I think there was a lot more competition early on than you think.
We just don't remember the names of any of those companies anymore. Wordperfect, anyone?
Maybe not a genius in the flashy technology marketing way of Apple, Salesforce.com and others, but Bill knew how to build a platform and get people to sell it to the point where he had a monopoly (though that took awhile).
We just don't remember the names of any of those companies anymore. Wordperfect, anyone?
Maybe not a genius in the flashy technology marketing way of Apple, Salesforce.com and others, but Bill knew how to build a platform and get people to sell it to the point where he had a monopoly (though that took awhile).
Nothing directly... but I enjoy Apples commercials and can see why they are ahead of Microsoft now.
Microsoft is only so big because they captured so much market share in the beginning. Hardly marketing geniuses.
Ive been using Apple since 2000, so I like to hear this type of news.
