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In the 90s Apple went for maximizing profits without any regards to market share, and they had bunch of CEOs who didn't understand computers. Todays Apple has

In the 90s Apple went for maximizing profits without any regards to market share, and they had bunch of CEOs who didn't understand computers. Todays Apple has a fantastic production and supply chain, and a CEO who is way way better. Instead of looking at Macs in the 90s, the pundits should look at the iPod domination in the last 10 years and how the iPad currently completely outsells the very few competitors. Look at how MS tried to enter the mp3 player market, and have completely failed. Their latest phones failed too. Why do anybody expect them to be able to get anywhere when they have a CEO who doesn't understand consumers but only enterprise sales? tl;dr: the pundits should talk with their kids and teenagers.

billmcneale 16y ago
> Look at how MS tried to enter the mp3 player market, and have completely failed. Their latest phones failed too. Why do anybody expect them to be able to get anywhere when they have a CEO who doesn't understand consumers but only enterprise sales? We're talking about Android, not Microsoft. In terms of market share, all the numbers indicate that Android will most likely be #1 in the world (even passing Nokia) while Apple will struggle to be #4 or maybe #3 if they can keep ahead of Microsoft. Again, I'm talking about market share, not profits (where Apple is the indisputable #1).