Apple has to care about market share... below some level, people wouldn't write software for iOS or Macs. They seem to search for the sweet spot in the balance between profits and market share.
But the iPad seems to be a market share play - it has much lower margins than an iPhone. 2011/5/13 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]>: > > > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Phil <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> They don't care about their market share in an absolute sense. > > I think this is probably one of the most misunderstood things about Apple, > or at least about Steve Jobs. > I am firmly convinced that he cares about market share. A lot. Because it's > the only thing in his career he has never achieved and that he has never > beaten Bill Gates on. > Jobs has achieved worldwide recognition as a CEO, visionary and businessman, > created new markets that people didn't know existed, generated billions of > dollars in market value and shareholders wealth (and himself as well, > obviously), but seeing an "Apple computer on every desk" is the one thing > that still eludes him, and I'm pretty sure that the simple idea that it's > Windows computers that are occupying this spot are a sore point for him. > Just speculating, of course, but I expanded on these thoughts in this post > some time ago. > -- > Cédric > > -- > 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.
