Fashion. I haven't heard it put more secinctly. On Tue, Feb 2, 2016, 6:32 AM Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote:
> Smart phones and MP3 players existed before Apple got into the game, they > would have improved without Apple. > > Apple isn't tech, Apple is fashion. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Josh Luthman" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Monday, February 1, 2016 11:28:16 PM > > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] SAD day > > The world's most popular site and you don't think the world would change? > Really??? > > Apple is gone. People buy Blackberries and Android. Tablets probably > won't exist. Mp3 players would probably have come to fruition without > them. What else do they have? > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > On Feb 2, 2016 12:22 AM, "Travis Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> At least Apple makes products... products that literally changed the >> computing world, the phone world, the retail world, created apps, and the >> music world. Google created a search engine (actually copying Yahoo, >> Webcrawler, Altavista and several others at the time). They aren't a >> "product". They don't "sell" anything. They are a webpage, just like >> Facebook. >> >> Imagine your life without Google or Facebook. NOTHING CHANGES. >> >> Yes, they built a better mousetrap using their intelligence and hard >> work... but they aren't "inventors". They didn't create anything new or >> groundbreaking. >> >> Travis >> >> On 2/1/2016 10:09 PM, Colin Stanners wrote: >> > I'd much rather Google / Alphabet Inc. be in that position than Apple with >> their overpriced yet restricted / non-upgradable / crappy consumer >> electronics. >> >> Google is making themselves the curator of access to the world's >> information and communications. When you consider the value of those, it's >> not just the most valuable company in matters of money. The founders had >> incredible foresight in addition to their intelligence and hard work. >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 10:55 PM, Travis Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> <http://www.ibtimes.com/alphabet-inc-goog-surpasses-apple-inc-aapl-become-worlds-most-valuable-public-company-2289113> >>> http://www.ibtimes.com/alphabet-inc-goog-surpasses-apple-inc-aapl-become-worlds-most-valuable-public-company-2289113 >>> >>> "The world isn't run by weapons anymore, or energy, or money. It's run >>> by little ones and zeroes, little bits of data. It's all just electrons." >>> ~ Cosmo (Sneakers 1992) >>> >>> Literally, a one page website for a company that is less than 19 years >>> old is now the most valuable company in the world. :( >>> >>> Travis >>> >>> >>
