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Microsoft vs. Apple: Monopolist vs. Innovator

Your assertion that a comparable Apple computer will cost twice as much as a windows computer is incorrect.

This is a well documented fact proven by many over the past few years.

Other than that, I agree with what you say about the Apple creative environment, but you left out the most influential element - leadership.

Bill Gates is a great person and I admire his success and philanthropic endeavors, however he never was and never will be a charismatic creative leader. He is a genius that had good advice on business strategy, but he was never able to foster an atmosphere of unity or creativity at Microsoft. No one believes that Steve Ballmer is any better.

Steve Jobs on the other hand has always had personal vision and creativity. Sometimes, no one else agrees with him and his often narrow focus may have led to lost business opportunities for him and his companies over the years. I think that with age, this has been tempered with a common business sense. He sets the bar high at Apple and gives the employees a common goal to work toward. That type of creative atmosphere will last well beyond the day when he is no longer involved daily at Apple. The top management people at Apple share his vision and creativity even if they are not as charismatic or visible. They wouldn't be there otherwise.

Microsoft's Mobile Misfortune

I think of MSFT and I think of Steve Ballmer....
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OK, anyone out there think "innovation" or "excitement" right after you read his name?

I Didn't think so.

Apple, Google, Microsoft: A Tale of Three Earnings Reports

To sum up Microsoft's business model in one sentence:

Nobody really wants us, but everybody needs us.

Time will tell just how wrong they are.

Apple-Microsoft Ad Wars Heat Up Again

Thats not funny!

You smug Mac heads will learn your lesson when the next revision of V...., I mean Windows, comes out.

Apple-Microsoft Ad Wars Heat Up Again

Absolutely great, I love these ads.

I hope Steve Ballmer and friends keep providing us with all that raw material for comedy. Great.

Microsoft's Zune Tries to Preempt Apple's "Rock" Event

It's not about the player, it's about the software.

Microsoft will never equal Apple on that account.

Five Reasons Steve Ballmer Thinks Apple's a Buy

Good article. Although, having seen Mr. Ballmer act quite irrationally in the past, it occurs to me that this may not be the best endorsement to buy stock on.

I have found many more endorsements from those that do actually know how to use antiperspirant and don't make it a habit of raging out of control on stage.

Therefore, I am long on apple.