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 Apple Passes Microsoft to Become the World’s Biggest Tech CompanyPosted on May 26, 2010
Apple fan-boys and -girls, rejoice. The iCorporation is now worth more than the dreaded Microsoft. But don’t get too excited: Bill Gates’ gang has a few ideas to get back in the game, and some bloggers claim that Google, whose Android is outselling the iPhone, “has leapfrogged” Apple in terms of innovation. (Steve Jobs responds to that accusation with “not a chance.”) It’s real-life tech wars, only without all the William Shatner. Look for Microsoft to push back this summer with the release of Office 2010 and this fall with the reboot of the mobile operating system formerly known as Windows Mobile. Other ups for Microsoft: Xbox is getting “Project Natal” soon and Windows 7 is the fastest-selling Windows ever. Now for the bad news: Redmond just lost two of its brightest stars and a former employee says there’s organizational chaos. Whatever threats Google and Microsoft pose, Apple is now the king of the hill. It’s a fable worthy of David and Goliath, with a little Lazarus thrown in. —PZS
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By Inherit The Wind, May 27, 2010 at 1:59 pm Link to this comment
I find these numbers suspicious. They don’t pass the smell test.
When every desktop PC in virtually every company in the world is running Windows and MS Office, and IE is the dominant browser, how can 10 or 20 million iPhones and iMacs and a zillion iPods beat that? And where IS that amazing new tech of Apple?
iPods are simply MP3 players with hype and a cool PC interface (iTunes).
iPhones are simply Samsung Omnias and HTC Touch Pros with hype.
iPads are double-the-cost Kendalls with hype
iMacs are simply Apple computers with hype.
WHERE’S THE BEEF? iPhone can’t even compete with Blackberry. Apple is nothing but hype.
Report thisBy Flummox, May 27, 2010 at 1:20 pm Link to this comment
Of course Android leapfrogs the iPhone in terms of innovation. The bar is set quite low by Apple’s “gated community” approach to their systems.
The only thing Apple really innovates on is marketing.
Report thisBy Truthie, May 26, 2010 at 7:26 pm Link to this comment
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Of course they are on top. PC computers are backward and a “push-it along” technology. Contrary to Apple, with PC one needs to do 10 steps in order to do just one!
Apple computers are more advanced and intuitive. They are so much better in so many ways. If you haven’t had one, you wouldn’t know. But PC has a Washington link that is hard to bit! And all over the world monopoly, not to say that only the Science Researchers and high IQ people use Apple, otherwise all businesses has been bought into using only PCs in the US. Heavy lobbying in Washington for Microsoft.
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