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Well i guess this will be great thread....eventhough this is a Apple forum i need to ask you this....
Which company has been more successful, Apple or Microsoft? Both companies are clearly technology pioneers that have secured their places in the PC revolution. But if your are going to choose....which of them is the most successful and please site your reason why..... |
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I am speechless.
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Microsoft has been more succesfull than apple at selling shit to people, for cheap.
Apple has been more successfull than microsoft, at making good products. Enough said. |
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Welcome to AppleNova, Anne.
The Speculation and Rumors forum is for discussion of future products. I'm moving your thread to the General Discussion forum. Also, I'm editing your signature per our Posting Guidelines. Also, a friendly warning: vague threads like this will not likely be welcomed with serious discourse because, well, there is no real answer and the people here know that. edit: err, well, I guess I'm too late for that warning. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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ow...i see...thanks for the warning...
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Some additional friendly advice:
Joining in and contributing to existing threads usually makes new members here more welcomed by the community, than when a new member immediately starts many new threads. In other words, contribute to existing threads for a while, before you start your own threads. |
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It just so happens, cnet have a feature discussing this exact topic. link.
Cnet are running a number of articles discussing Apple's 30th birthday, including a poll on this page: What is Apple's legacy in the computing world?
Current results show the first option to be most popular with 78.3%, which I think is quite impressive since cnet is not an Apple-centric site. |
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Thank God people here are more friendly....cause there is one forum they just kicked me out and called me a spammer without any warning....
i mean i need to have many post to build a reputation and to know all the people there...right? |
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By the way, is it Anne or Danica or Donna? Or something different altogether? Hiding behind the rouse of multiple fake names is a common practice of spammers too. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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Welcome to Applenova Anne. I hope you realize that all forums on this board have the same members. But, I hope you'll be able to stick with this secondary judgment of us, rather than your intial one. Also, take any advice Brad gives you to heart, he's just trying to help and keep these boards and clean and friendly place.
As has been pointed out, there really is no definitive answer to this question because it all hinges upon a person's decision of success. If someone wants to argue that success is defined by the largest user base and is hence more profitable, then Microsoft obviously wins out. If someone wants to argue that success is defined by iconic status and/or acclaim as a technological and industry innovator, then I would have to say that Apple wins. My best advice to you, think about what is more important to you, and and stick with it. Formerly known as cynical_rock censeo tentatio victum There is no snooze button on a cat. |
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Apple has been successful in creating new technology, Microsoft has been very sucessful in selling it.
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By any definition in the western capitalist world, Microsoft is more sucessful. Does this make them "better"? No.
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Pretty simple question to answer. Apple's 2005 revenue was $13.9bn, their net income was $1.3bn, and they have 14,800 employees. Microsoft's numbers were $39.8bn, $12.3bn, and 63,564 respectively.
Microsoft has definitely been the more successful company. |
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Welcome Anne,
That sounds like a question for a homework assignment. Like others have mentioned, it's not quite so clear cut. Ether you have to narrow your specification to just a fragment of both companies markets or include a lot more companies in the question. Then you have to define "Successful". Let me try and elaborate with as much brevity as possible. The iPod is not just successful, it's dominating its market place, but that alone does not make Apple successful. The XBox 360 is very successful, but you would have to bring Sony into the equation since Apple don't make a console (and the PS3 will probably steal some glory from the 360 when it's finally released). Etc, etc, and on, and on... You get the point? OK, I have given up keeping this sig up to date. Lets just say I'm the guy that installs every latest version as soon as its available! |
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Apple: 28.51%
Dell: 17.80%
HP: 23.44%
Microsoft: 84.50%
Industry average: 17.80% So, clearly Apple is well above the average, but not nearly as extremely so as Microsoft is. Who's over-pricing now? |
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Successful is such a general description. I found this research very interesting.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060330-6491.html |
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