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Well, yes 5374 is more than 5312, but it's a slower growth rate than boring markets like baking powder, toilet paper or McDonalds meals. Apple has lost everyth
by xiaoma 10y ago
Well, yes 5374 is more than 5312, but it's a slower growth rate than boring markets like baking powder, toilet paper or McDonalds meals.
Apple has lost everything that made them special, just as Microsoft did a decade and a half earlier. They'll probably remain quite profitable for the mid-term, though... just like MS did under Balmer.
- hajile 10y agoBallmer was CEO for windows 7 (perhaps the best windows ever), heavily expanded MS enterprise and cloud and pushed (against Gates) for the creation of an in-house hardware team. Everything MS is succeeding at today is the result of his tenure as CEO. He had his share of bad/terrible calls (Vista, killing IE, one UI everywhere, missing the smartphone market window, etc) but overall, he wasn't just a lame duck riding on the success of Gates.