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  • Three Thriving Companies: Wal-Mart, Apple, Apollo Group [View article]
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    The iPod has reached steady-state market only in the USA. Overseas it has a much smaller share of the market, and so can grow. This is where the surprising numbers of iPod sale came from in the recent quarterly earnings.
    Jan 28 10:58 am |Rating: +4 0 |Link to Comment
  • Three Thriving Companies: Wal-Mart, Apple, Apollo Group [View article]
    A couple of things on Apple:

    They did NOT invent the mp3 player market. There were several players on the market long before the iPod. They did revolutionize the market with their design, and the DID invent the legal download market with the iTunes store.

    As for Windows 7. Maybe they did get it right. Apple, however, is not standing still. Their Snow Leopard OS combined with new hardware is going to be so powerful that it will blow away MS in the performance realm. MS will never get away from playing catch-up, because they never innovate - only copy. Also, their m.o. is to be the monopoly of a restricted proprietary system, and the industry, including Apple, is moving - slowly but inexorably - to open systems.
    Jan 28 10:51 am |Rating: +4 0 |Link to Comment
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