Comments on: Why Apple is in Trouble http://www.jcdrepair.com/blog/why-apple-is-in-trouble/164/ Discussing all things smartphone related. Fri, 20 May 2011 20:45:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: mmcc http://www.jcdrepair.com/blog/why-apple-is-in-trouble/164//comment-page-1#comment-457 mmcc Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:07:20 +0000 http://www.jetcitydevices.com/blog/?p=164#comment-457 Hey Joe, I don't disagree with you about how Microsoft achieved their dominance in the market place. My post wasn't a praise or complaint about Microsoft, it was simply saying that the model they used - licensing the software to anyone that wanted to build the hardware - was how they ended up destroying the strong foothold Apple had in the personal computer market. And now Google is using this same model to go after the iPhone - and it's working. Just last week, Gartner reported that Android has now surpassed iOS in worldwide sales. While Apple is still a dominant player, they definitely should be worried. At the very least, they need to get on to more carriers or they are going to continue to lose market share to Android. Hey Joe,

I don’t disagree with you about how Microsoft achieved their dominance in the market place. My post wasn’t a praise or complaint about Microsoft, it was simply saying that the model they used – licensing the software to anyone that wanted to build the hardware – was how they ended up destroying the strong foothold Apple had in the personal computer market.

And now Google is using this same model to go after the iPhone – and it’s working. Just last week, Gartner reported that Android has now surpassed iOS in worldwide sales. While Apple is still a dominant player, they definitely should be worried. At the very least, they need to get on to more carriers or they are going to continue to lose market share to Android.

]]> By: joe http://www.jcdrepair.com/blog/why-apple-is-in-trouble/164//comment-page-1#comment-433 joe Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:19:39 +0000 http://www.jetcitydevices.com/blog/?p=164#comment-433 Actually, your history is a bit off. First off, Apple has never DOMINATED the PC market. If anything, they did and still do dominate that segment of the market that does ANYTHING creative. Secondly, Microsoft didn't do anything special. They didn't ALLOW anyone to build ANYTHING. IBM (actually a bunch of marketing people at IBM) decided they needed to build a desktop computer. Without actually designing anything (they contracted everything out to companies that could build each subassembly) they came out with the PC (what they really did is coin the term). IBM needed an operating system, so went to Digital Research Incorporated in Pacific Grove California where Gary Kildall had written the CP/M operating system for microprocessors. He didn't want to have anything to do with IBM, so sent them packing. They then approached Microsoft, who had no operating system but knew of someone in nearby Bellevue who had stolen a copy of CP/M's source and had already ported it (without realizing it) to the very microprocessor that IBM planned to use in its PC. Microsoft bought the stolen system fore $50,000 and offered to license it to IBM. And try not to look to closely at ANY of Microsoft's products - you might notice "similarities" to other company's products. Actually, your history is a bit off. First off, Apple has never DOMINATED the PC market. If anything, they did and still do dominate that segment of the market that does ANYTHING creative. Secondly, Microsoft didn’t do anything special. They didn’t ALLOW anyone to build ANYTHING. IBM (actually a bunch of marketing people at IBM) decided they needed to build a desktop computer. Without actually designing anything (they contracted everything out to companies that could build each subassembly) they came out with the PC (what they really did is coin the term). IBM needed an operating system, so went to Digital Research Incorporated in Pacific Grove California where Gary Kildall had written the CP/M operating system for microprocessors. He didn’t want to have anything to do with IBM, so sent them packing. They then approached Microsoft, who had no operating system but knew of someone in nearby Bellevue who had stolen a copy of CP/M’s source and had already ported it (without realizing it) to the very microprocessor that IBM planned to use in its PC. Microsoft bought the stolen system fore $50,000 and offered to license it to IBM. And try not to look to closely at ANY of Microsoft’s products – you might notice “similarities” to other company’s products.

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