“Over the last few months I have heard and read many comments about the idea that Amazon is the new Apple,” Tim Bajarin writes for Tech.pinions.
“Amazon is not the new Apple. The reasons for this are many,” Bajarin writes. “Now, don’t get me wrong. I have great respect for Amazon and Jeff Bezos. However, Jeff Bezos’s is not the second coming of Steve Jobs and he would be the first one to tell you that. Amazon’s business is very different from Apple’s and though they have some similar goals, such as creating an ecosystem of products and services for their customers, their approaches differ greatly.”
Bajarin writes, “One thing that really distinguishes Apple from Amazon and their competitors, is that Apple is a leader and all of the others are followers ”
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MacDailyNews Take: “Apple leads. Wintel follows. As usual.” – SteveJack, MacDailyNews, November 11, 2002
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Ben Bajarin” for the heads up.]