I think they are more interested in "being cool" than MSFT. These two companies reflect the personalities of their founders. Gates sees himself as a dork who sees utility in computing and doesn't mind artlessly crushing the competition. Jobs sees himself as a hipster who sells products for other hipsters. Are you cool enough to buy an Apple? That is Apple brand strategy in a nutshell.
On 6/5/07, Duane wrote: > > Well said! Everyone is out there to make a buck. Does anyone here really > believe that Steve Jobs and Apple are more interested in providing the best > user interface than making money? > > Duane > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:236015 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
