Google actually had developed the pre-android android before apple
introduced the iphone. It's likely that Apple saw the skunk-works
project as inspiration for the iphone.
Likewise the apple GUI and mouse was developed at Xerox-PARC before
Apple developed the Mac.
The core of Mac-OSX is the Mach core that Next evolved from BSD Unix.
Apple's key to success is indeed the fashion and mystique that they have
created.
Saddly, they haven't really come up with anything new since Steve jobs
departed. I don't see them really doing anything new yet.
Google is still running a lot of skunk-works type projects, and are
really striving to break new ground.
bp
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On 2/2/2016 5:56 AM, Josh Luthman wrote:
You don't remember BlackBerry was out before iPhone?
I used my IBM laptop from college for a few years. Same story plus I
could play Halo CE :)
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On Feb 2, 2016 12:36 AM, "Travis Johnson" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I would use Yahoo or Bing or any other search engine. Nothing
would change if Google went away tomorrow.
Blackberries and Android wouldn't even exist if Apple hadn't
created the first iPhone. Same with tablets... look how many
people tried tablets before Apple, and they all failed.
I purchased a Macbook for my daughter headed to college 5 years
ago. She used that laptop literally every day, for over 5 years.
She graduated with two Bachelor's degrees... using that same
laptop. Every paper, thousands of emails, etc... and she has never
had a single issue... no viruses, no hardware issues, no software
issues. Never a single issue. No OS reload, no malware scanners,
nothing. It just works. Just like all the rest of Apple's
products... they just work.
Travis
On 2/1/2016 10:28 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
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?
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On Feb 2, 2016 12:22 AM, "Travis Johnson" <[email protected]
<mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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
