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“It’s not for nothing — Apple has revolutionized the mp3 player, smartphone, and tablet-computer markets with incredibly well-thought-out and forward-thinking products,” Comeau writes. “Simultaneously, the company became the world’s best electronics retailer, climbed the PC market-share ladder, and built an unmatched stable of loyal fans.”
“Now the competition wants their own Apple-like movements, driven by Apple-like products and Apple-like business models,” Comeau writes. “Can it work?”
“Microsoft’s leadership assumes following Apple’s lead will generate Apple-like success,” Comeau writes. “It isn’t the craziest solution for Microsoft’s current malaise, but it’s also not the most creative.”
MacDailyNews Take: It’s all they know, Mike.
Comeau writes, “As for HP, I like that it’s taking a clear step towards proprietary, all-in-one products that are well-differentiated from the competition. I just worry that it can’t go all the way. Given the sheer size of its PC business (25% of the market), HP will always have to keep a foot in the Windows camp.”
MacDailyNews Take: Always is a mighty long time. This is tech and things can change in a heartbeat. Microsoft can die much faster than many people seem to realize.
Comeaiu writes, “Both companies also lack something very important: time in the game. Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard are embarking upon business strategies Apple has pursued for the past three decades, and they’re doing it with product lines that are years behind the times… I’d just like to know: If Microsoft and HP are focused so much on copying the Apple of today, how can they possibly compete with the Apple of 2015 or 2020?”
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MacDailyNews Take: They can’t.
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