“The recent joint interview with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates at D5 highlighted for me what makes Apple a great company, and why Microsoft continues to struggle on all fronts except Windows and Office,” Danny Gorog writes for APC Magazine.
“Both leaders are visionaries, that is for sure. In fact Gates built the first software company when nobody knew what a software company was, and subsequently conquered the market. His approach to selling DOS and then Windows to anybody that would buy it made sense in the early days. But he was lucky as well. Lucky that Apple didn’t pursue the same ‘license the OS’ strategy, because if it had there’s no doubt that Apple would have a larger share of the PC market than the 5% it now enjoys,” Gorog writes.
“But like Steve said at D5, the era of the PC is largely over. Most innovation now is happening on what he calls post-PC devices, like music players and mobile phones. And that is what Apple is focusing on,” Gorog writes. “Microsoft, however, still doesn’t get it and I believe the lack of understanding comes from the top. Gates still maintains that tablet PCs are going to take over the world, that Microsoft will eventually dethrone Google to be the new leader in search, that Zune will eventually rival the iPod for market share and that Microsoft has already conquered the smart phone market. Somebody please tell the man he is dreaming.”
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Ballmer is far more delusional than Gates.
Apple is beating Microsoft because the latter lacks one thing.
INNOVATION!
“Somebody please tell the man he is dreaming.”
I suggest we let him sleep.
It’s a dream for Apple … It’s gonna be a nightmare for Bill Gates!
Yes, Ballmer is more delusional than Gates. Let’s hope he stays at MS for at least another five years.
He should stop trying to take over companies doing great things, and step back to what got them there in the first place. Work on your own OS so it is not crap and make office better. Stick to your bread and butter. Not this, wow Google is making billions, lets step in and see if we can beat them. iPod is the best and most popular music player, I got an idea lets see if we can steal away customers. Cause customers want to buy another MP3 player, and convert there songs from iTunes. Look Gates, the same reason people are stuck with windows and office is because they have all the software and things they use. So, Google and apple are going to just go aways cause you put out a similar product, which in awful in comparison.
He HAS to pretend to–that’s his job. Give the man a break.
The Zune has a lot going for it–the sharing ability to walk up to anybody and let them listen to a song without them having to plug their headphones into your player (which is just annoying to have to do). But that alone is not enough to best the iPod, because a lot of the time you go out into the world and don’t see very many Zunes to share with. That will change!
The Zune won’t really sell well until there are a ton of them out there. But once that happens, sales will skyrocket.
Meanwhile, let Gates and Ballmer give their pep talks. Steve Jobs does the same when he claims the iPhone will take off.
Well Steve is cool
Bill likes Steve in fact I think He is was a homo and Liked Steve,
It his life thing;
MS are a bunch of Inbreds Supported by a much of game playing PC nerds,
Bill is gay liked Steve
Hey Billy Boy, we’re supposed to tell you you’re dreaming! Wake up or it’ll all be over before you know it!
Why tell him? Let the bloated copy machine fail…I look forward to seeing how they’ll buy their way outta this mess.
There are none so insular as those who will not listen.
When I use my iPhone, I sense the future of computing. The “guts” on the web, the balance minimally in my hand.
Bill gates is a homo wanted to be Steve Boy friend
So He wanted gay picture of Steve
MS is such shit
homo games
Haha PC people your idol wanted to bum Steve Jobs,,,
haha funny
@ No He Doesn’t Believe
You mentioned that the Zune won’t sell well until there are a ton out there, but don’t they have to sell well before there can be a ton out there. Kind of circular reasoning, don’t you think?
Not only has Steve Jobs claimed that the iPhone will take off…
It actually *has* taken off.
“…and why Microsoft continues to struggle on all fronts except Windows and Office,” Danny Gorog writes for APC Magazine.
Those are two pretty big and significant exceptions! That’s kind of like saying that Toyota struggles on all fronts except for selling cars. It’s no secret that Windows and Office make up the vast majority of Microsoft’s revenue.
“Most innovation now is happening on what he calls post-PC devices, like music players and mobile phones. And that is what Apple is focusing on”
How convenient for Apple! They are in better position than anyone to succeed! Am I to suppose that PCs are going to remain about the same for years to come? Is innovation slowing in the PC area? For me, I don’t care how innovative an iPod or iPhone is, if I can’t edit my Word documents, it’s useless without a PC!
I applaud Apple for recognizing a new market (non-PC devices) and capturing it. The iPod has been one of the most successful devices in a long time, and the iPhone looks to have similar effects. But I’m not going to watch Stevie-boy claim that the future is in non-PCs just because his PCs aren’t selling as well as he’d like. I believe he’s HOPING that the future is in non-PC devices, but we’ll just have to see.
Clean up on aisle 12, clean up on aisle 12. Thank you.
@No he doesn’t believe any of that
“The Zune won’t really sell well until there are a ton of them out there. But once that happens, sales will skyrocket.”
Oh really. Well, there won’t be a ton of them out there until they really sell well.
I commute everyday to work via public transportation in one of the most densely populated areas in the US. I have yet to spot even one Zune.
You either (1) work for the Microsoft or (2) are mentally disabled. .
Oh by the way tip for APP or apple dev
We could make a SBS
for Mac
ie same as MS:> Small business Server
one server with mail exchange
File server
NS server
Virus Server
Smap Filter
all in one :
Good for business systems
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hey Jord:
what ecver:
Words lol is crap, sorry also there are allot of alternatives now,
Gee man all it does it type woooo.
what does windows do??? I will tell you
Word Office
Database
Which are now SQl anyway so
alll Pro apps are Novel , Linux, Sun, windows will be around
Missed your meds again, mate.
Better get back on track in time for that parole hearing.
GOROG SMASH!!!
for a while
gee many high skilled tech people who use windows will tell you its shit
:
Start /shutdown ??????
Word fuc is junk
excel is great I aggree
um Accounting systems, OK,
im thats about it
servers are OK,
Man windows Dude get alife
can you please open system folder and tell me you think this is cool
gee dude man
:>>@
Better get back on track in time for that parole hearing.
fuck Off. put your name down
Bill Gate’s vision of the future is totally flawed.
After seeing the video podcast of that interview my final impressions of BG was that he is totally out of touch with what works in the modern world.
BG was, and still is a ‘one trick pony’. He isnt a visionary by a long shot. Wheras the impression I got from SJ was that he is right on the cutting edge pulse of what is gonna happen.
This is the big difference between the two companies to me and the reason why Apple is winning against Microsoft on all fronts now.
The consumer market is constantly changing (unlike the corporate market), people desire new trends and products continually and Apple have been 1st class on getting this exactly right, wheras Microsoft on the other hand just cannot see it at all because they are totally out of touch with consumers.
Consumers are not idiots these days, gone are the days of trying to fool people into buying an inferior product. Quality ALWAYS wind customers – not inferior products.