Zach Bass

With a King's Ransom in Cash, Why Still No Buying Spree in the Tech Space?

Two things Kara:

1) Apple actually has $28.2 billion in the bank. This money is another source of revenue in this tough economy. So if Apple has T-bills, this hoard might be contributing another $2 billion to the bottom line.

2) If we get another bis swoosh down in the market, there's gonna be a house cleaning, taking a lot of supply off the market. Perfect time to scoop up IP, talent and properties. With zero debt and a huge wad, Apple has nothing but time on their side.

A Real iPhone Challenger - Barron's

Everyone is missing one critical point. Comparing features with the iPhone, and whether this OS has this or that OS has that, is a fools gambit. The iPhone cannot be compared to any other smart phone for one reason, and it has nothing to do with features. The reason is the ecosystem that Apple has built around the iPhone, iPod and iPod Touch. It's an industry unto itself. And there is no other smart phone or device that can come close to matching it now or into the foreseeable future.

Once Apple has world-wide distribution under its belt, the ecosphere will grow to unimaginable proportions. More and more developers will be coming on line, new products and businesses will emerge to serve the iPhone. And a new mobile platform, a transformative, disruptive paradigm in mobile computing will be born. And nothing will come close to matching it.

What It Would Take To Fix Microsoft For Me

No, no, no!! It would be far better that they continue to lose market share, and continue to atrophy into eventual obscurity. At some point, their ineptitude will implode the company and corporate america will perform a massive rotation to a better company. A company more interested in the needs of the user, than the corporate buyer. I believe that company is Apple.

-zach bass
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Microsoft Did Us a Favor - Andreessen

The reason Microsoft has stabilized the market, has nothing to do with standardizing the operating system. In fact, they've ignored virtually every industry standard to the consternation of developers and users. Only if one could calculate the thousands of man-years and billions of dollars wasted on ensuring cross-platform compatibility, all due to Microsoft's blind ambition for "market standardization," and their snubbing of the end-user.

Ironically, this snubbing of the user is their secret sauce, and the reason for their success; 1) ignore what user wants, and 2) cow-tow to what corporate buyers want. Buyers are only interested in the bottom line, and Microsoft is a master of trolling the bottom. Bow to the buyers will, and the door is wide open.

-zach bass
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