Seriously, Apple Is Doomed

Daring Fireball ^ | 11/10/2012 | JOHN GRUBER

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

Well I for one hope they are able to continue giving MS and Droid a run for there money BUT I don’t find their products too compelling personally. I like my iPhone so much I got an iMac, a beautiful 27” sculpture of a machine, but I found it to not as configurable as Windows.

Trying to learn development for Apple (I was using XCode) was definitely not an experience I remember fondly.

One thing that I think a lot of people miss is that Apple was given a shot in the arm by the AntiTrust suit that Clinton brought against them. That caused MS to take their eyes off the ball for long enough for Apple to get an edge. I am fond of saying that every mobile device from Apple has a $100 over charge that the increased demand as a result of the lawsuit against MS has added.

One of the first things Bush did after giving the military a raise was dismiss the lawsuit against MS.

[Dr. Sivana]

The comment was in response to an observation that all Microsoft can do keep releasing new OS versions, as if Windows was the the only product they have.

Looking back at #8, I understand. Okay, your point is accurate.

[Bubba_Leroy]

We may be past “Peak Apple”, as every booming company has its peak. That does not necessarily spell “DOOM”.

Yep.

United States Steel
Standard Oil
Ford
IBM
Microsoft
Now Apple

Each became one of the largest companies in the world following a period of massive growth. Each was the fastest growing company in the world's fastest growing industry. Each continued to be profitable for many years after they peaked, but each peaked.

Apple is probably still a good long term investment, but it is not going to make you rich. The trick is picking the next Apple. I will give you a hint. The largest company in the world 20 to 30 years from now is probably in an industry that no one has created yet or that no one thinks you could ever make money in.

[Talisker]

Dan Crow: "At Google, products are built by largely self-directed teams..."

Liberal hypocrisy is so intense it burns.

THIS is how Google's "self directed teams" ACTUALLY work: The Delphi Technique

It's also how every California liberal works - right down to when they order fries at McDonalds. You want to understand liberals? Study this until it drips out of your pores, and then, when you completely get it, imagine being so morally cowardly, so utterly soul degraded, so steaming with compacted filth and lies, that you swear upon satan's soul to never, even with a single breath, stop using this technique with anyone, friend or foe, family or stranger, work or play, young or old, male or female, formal or informal, for the rest of your life.

Does that sound insanely intense? Obsessive-compulsively neurotic? Like, hey dude, calm down already?

Good - then you're starting to understand liberals.