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It's funny. Every year, since 2007 I've heard this argument, that the market isn't big enough and every year: record growth and profits. No but seriously. This

It's funny. Every year, since 2007 I've heard this argument, that the market isn't big enough and every year: record growth and profits. No but seriously. This year is the year that Apple's iPhone success catches up to them. "Apple's iPhone business is finally going to fail this year" is the new "this is the year of the Linux desktop"

acchow 13y ago
Are we looking at the same financial results? Year-after-year, Apple has had double-digit % growth in both revenue and income (often 50%+). This latest quarter, revenue has grown 5.7% and income per diluted share 5.0%. This could actually be the end of limitless growth.
patrickaljord 13y ago
No one says Apple products are going to fail this year, relax. Most people on earth still don't have a smartphone and so Apple and Samsung will keep on making record revenues and profits until either a better competitor appears or the market gets saturated. Neither will happen any time soon but it's obvious that no market can keep on growing that way for too long. As for the "this is the year of the Linux desktop", this is the most annoying straw man meme ever. I have yet to meet anyone who ever claimed so except for a couple of articles on cnet or so a few years ago. Linux market share on the desktop worldwide is at 1% which is pretty significant when you think that macs, with all Apple billions are at 5% only. MS has won the desktop war. On mobile however, linux seems to be doing pretty good and so is ios, simply because the market is still growing and there is place for more than one winner. Isn't that great? :)
- Diamons 13y ago
  Anyone that thinks Linux is going to take over the consumer computer market anytime soon needs to go outside more often.
  - patrickaljord 13y ago
    Yep, same thing for mac. Unless you consider smartphones to be computers (which they are) and in this case both mac and linux are taking over.
WalterBright 13y ago
I've been in business since 1982 (minus a few gaps), and I am informed every year that I'm going to fail.

acchow 13y ago

Are we looking at the same financial results? Year-after-year, Apple has had double-digit % growth in both revenue and income (often 50%+). This latest quarter, revenue has grown 5.7% and income per diluted share 5.0%. This could actually be the end of limitless growth.

patrickaljord 13y ago

No one says Apple products are going to fail this year, relax. Most people on earth still don't have a smartphone and so Apple and Samsung will keep on making record revenues and profits until either a better competitor appears or the market gets saturated. Neither will happen any time soon but it's obvious that no market can keep on growing that way for too long. As for the "this is the year of the Linux desktop", this is the most annoying straw man meme ever. I have yet to meet anyone who ever claimed so except for a couple of articles on cnet or so a few years ago. Linux market share on the desktop worldwide is at 1% which is pretty significant when you think that macs, with all Apple billions are at 5% only. MS has won the desktop war. On mobile however, linux seems to be doing pretty good and so is ios, simply because the market is still growing and there is place for more than one winner. Isn't that great? :)

Diamons 13y ago
Anyone that thinks Linux is going to take over the consumer computer market anytime soon needs to go outside more often.
- patrickaljord 13y ago
  Yep, same thing for mac. Unless you consider smartphones to be computers (which they are) and in this case both mac and linux are taking over.

WalterBright 13y ago

I've been in business since 1982 (minus a few gaps), and I am informed every year that I'm going to fail.