On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote:
> Eventually Apple will bury themselves by burning too many bridges - I.e. > imagine if Samsung cuts off their supply of NAND chips, SSD drives, IPS > panels etc.?! Agreed. I think their expansion strategy is unsustainable and they are on the wrong side of history. If you think about it, not much has changed, they are doing exactly what they attempted to do 20-30 years ago: offer a completely closed and 100% Apple controlled ecosystem. The attempt failed pretty quickly back then because of the rise of Microsoft and of custom and cheap PC's. They are being more successful this time around because they have a few great and very successful products that netted them a large amount of cash, so the main difference is that they can try this failed strategy for longer, but in the end, it will fail again. The cash and the court victories against Samsung are just minor battles that won't change the outcome of this war in the long run. -- Cédric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "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.
