I find this pretty typical in discussions involving Apple. Whenever the exchanges start discussing numbers, Apple enthusiasts tend to quickly dig in with a "I don't care, Apple makes tons of money which means they're great".
-- Cédric On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Alexey Zinger <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm not taking this little tangent too seriously, but it does seem that > these which-tech-is-superior discussions inevitably seem to gravitate to an > eventual statement about which company makes more money. This is the part I > don't get. What does market capitalization and how good a company is doing > overall have to do with merits of a technology or how good a deal it might > be to consumers? > > Alexey > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* work only <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thu, May 12, 2011 10:33:26 PM > *Subject:* Re: [The Java Posse] Is Apple is winning the PC war? > > All I know is that the Java Posse forum hates Apple > > > But Apple is 3rd biggest company in the world and 2nd in the US and if they > only have 10% of the market then they have so much more money to make :) > should buy more stock :) > > > > > > > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Josh Berry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Chiming in to agree with Cédric. Though, I will say I think I have a >> slightly different view. I will grant that Apple is likely doing >> better in every way than any single PC maker. I wouldn't even be >> shocked if they are competing on volume with the best of them. What I >> don't think is that they are beating them all combined. Which is >> something they have to do because of their unique position of being >> the only game in town with regards to what they sell. >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
