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Apple clobbers the competition—Commentary: The carnage of Apple’s spectacular success
Market Watch ^ | 09/24/2010 | By Ashley Allen and Douglas McIntyre

Posted on 09/24/2010 5:34:41 PM PDT by Swordmaker

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Apple Inc. is a Death Star. It pulls in most of what comes into its orbit and either overtakes or assimilates it.

The success of the company is particularly spectacular because it is largely a four-product enterprise, consisting of the iPad, iPod, Mac, and iPhone. It also produces a suite of supporting software that includes its OSX, the Safari browser, iTunes, and the App Store. These non-hardware products knit together the “iProduct” universe.

Apple’s product line stands in stark contrast to tech giants like Microsoft Corp. (MSFT 24.75, -0.03, -0.10%) , Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ 41.02, +0.04, +0.10%) , Oracle Corp. (ORCL 26.96, -0.16, -0.59%) , and Cisco Inc. (CSCO 22.17, +0.08, +0.36%) , all of which have a multitude of product lines that spreads risk and increases sales opportunities. As a result, Apple’s revenue run rate, is only over $60 billion — much smaller than that of Cisco.

Some consumers are wondering whether a tablet like the iPad can replace a laptop for travel purposes. On a recent trip to Paris, Walt Mossberg decided to find out, saying au revoir to his laptop and relying on a tablet and smartphone for work and play.

However, despite the competition’s size, Apple’s market cap is $240 billion, more than those of Oracle and Cisco combined. Perhaps the thing that Wall Street loves most about the company is that it is growing quickly, especially for a company of its size.

The reason behind its growth is simple: Apple clobbers the competition.

The Blackberry

Amazon’s Kindle

Asus

Microsoft Windows

Mozilla’s Firefox browser

Sony

Adobe Flash

Google

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To: Swordmaker

Yup, true to form. You’ve already started with the lies and the insults. This is what you always do. You lie about what people said, and you insult them, and then you insist they’re trolls. It’s funny, in a sad pathetic way.


181 posted on 09/27/2010 8:15:13 AM PDT by discostu (Keyser Soze lives)
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To: discostu
people can point out the things Apple has screwed up without it being FUD

I completely agree. But most of the time, they don't - gotta get their digs in. Like todays news about the 'U.S. Wants Broader Internet Wiretap Authority'. Their bias is quite clear, because is used to be 'the Bush administration'. Noting the bias doesn't change the underlying issue.

182 posted on 09/27/2010 8:42:57 AM PDT by LearnsFromMistakes (Yes, I am happy to see you. But that IS a gun in my pocket.)
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To: discostu; LearnsFromMistakes
Yup, true to form. You’ve already started with the lies and the insults. This is what you always do. You lie about what people said, and you insult them, and then you insist they’re trolls. It’s funny, in a sad pathetic way.

WHERE??? What did I lie about in that post? Where did I lie about what you said in that post? Where did I insult you in that post? Where did I call you or anyone a troll in that post? You are the one using ad hominem attacks in this entire comment... denigrating me and trying to belittle me. Nice try.

I merely pointed out your attempt to define the parameters of the discussion, to limit the capabilities of the iPad to a mere browser and email device so that you . . . that IS a straw man. Do you use an iPad? I don't think so.

Your whole post is the exact type of harassment attack that Jim threatened banishment to others about. . . I suggest you review what Jim Robinson has posted here and here to several other Apple thread trolls on this very thread before you continue this line of attack.

183 posted on 09/27/2010 11:31:00 AM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone!)
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To: discostu; LearnsFromMistakes

sorry... part of my post got truncated:

“I merely pointed out your attempt to define the parameters of the discussion, to limit the capabilities of the iPad to a mere browser and email device so that you... could argue the limited position YOU wanted to argue, not the actual facts.”


184 posted on 09/27/2010 11:35:45 AM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone!)
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