“A not so long time ago, in a galaxy not so terribly far removed from this one, there was a disturbance in the Force. Apple Computer, as it was known back then, was quite literally on the verge of going out of business. The vultures were circling, the epitaphs were being written, the end was nigh,” Mark Rogowsky writes for Forbes. “The Empire, Microsoft for those keeping score, had won, led by Bill Gates, the Darth Vader of the business world. Its Death Star — which went by the name of Windows — had taken over the Galaxy and blanketed it in the beige boxes of its stormtroopers, each of which carried a brain built by Emperor Grove of Intel.”
“What happened next, of course, is a tale as stunning as Luke Skywalker and a bunch of furry Ewoks overcoming the Empire, destroying the Death Star, deposing Vader, and bringing a new era. Nearly two decades removed from those dark days, the embodiment of that era — the Apple iPhone — is at the peak of its power,” Rogowsky writes. “It brings in most of the profits in the industry, fueling ‘the rebellion.’ It’s magnetic pull brings developers by the millions to the platform, making the Force strong with iPhone.”
“Still, as we exit 2015, there is a disturbance in the ‘light side’ of the Force. Apple, apparently, is once again doomed. Wait, what you say? It’s the most valuable company there is, worth more than $600 billion,” Rogowsky writes. “Yes, yes, but as Yoda might tell us: Reason not from absolutes, see the world for the relative.”
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MacDailyNews Take: In the long run, even Wall Street will figure it out.
I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. — Steve Jobs
Love the Star Wars analogies! And yes, Apple does have a great year coming up. Just look at the success of Watch. At this point, Apple should partner up with Sega and make Dreamcast 2 a dream come true. Coleco is already making a comeback with a new console next year (with some help of course) and it only makes sense if Sega partners up with a successful company known for quality.
The Coleco Chameleon is a cartridge based system built more for nostalgia than anything else.
Its not really a contender when it comes to modern console gaming.
Well, normal Wall Street brokers do know Apple.
It’s the heartless bastards on Wall Street that Steve Jobs snubbed on a regular basis that is causing the turmoil. You have to wrap your head around what some of these egos are like. They “think they got disrespected” by Apple years ago, so now they want to destroy Apple, break it into pieces and sell it off. Even if it destroys the best US company that ever existed.
All these bastards care about is when their next drug fueled orgy is and boast that they destroyed Apple. When you look at it that way, it all makes sense. Pitiful, yes.
Read, “Straight to Hell” by John LaFevre…. Eye opener. It explains corrupt WallShite. Asia is FAR worse too. Corruption PAYS…. until your called out and then you have to pay your lawyers with investors dollars 🤔What a FCKIN SCAM.
HELLO!!!! SEC??? 🦄
Who writes this junk?
Whatever happened to having a sense of humor?
Write? The Forbes stable of walking dead, short-order cooks and basket-weaving apprentices.