Depends on your definition of "winning." As an investor, Apple is winning. Market share wise, Windows won long ago. I don't know why a consumer or business looking at buying a PC would care about profits though... only as much as they don't want to buy a machine from a company that might die.
2011/5/12 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]>: > 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. > -- 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.
