Yup, Microsoft is just sorta cruising along on existing inertia trying to minimize drag, while Apple continues to ignite new booster stages of their rocket. However that's purely from a gadget viewpoint, if you look at development tools and technologies (which we should be concerned with in a programming language forum like this one) it's quite a different story. Microsoft actually does succeed in giving their developers state-of-the-art stuff (and why Neal Gafter etc. went there).
Perhaps Apple recognizes this and that's why apparently Ballmer will join Jobs on stage at WWDC: http://www.businessinsider.com/steve-ballmer-steve-jobs-wwdc-2010-5 On May 27, 3:33 pm, Karsten Silz <[email protected]> wrote: > On 27 Mai, 14:50, "Vince O'Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On May 26, 9:55 pm, Karsten Silz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Speaking of money - Apple has now a bigger market cap than Microsoft, > > > Although Microsoft is making almost three times higher profits. > > If you assume any sort of rationality in the stock market, then the > answer is "stock price = future expectations". Microsoft is seen as > the "Windows + Office company" that doesn't go anywhere, whereas Apple > is the innovative company that now makes half of its revenue with > products that it didn't even sell three years ago (iPhone OS). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
