Apple Now Worth Almost Twice as Much as Microsoft

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2011-05-04 08:44:40 UTC
Modified: 2011-05-04 08:44:40 UTC

Summary: Teletubbies-style XP land marks the end of the life cycle of so-called 'desktops' and Microsoft is left behind

Microsoft is losing the battle in a very major way. Following its latest financial results the stock sank like no time before (in the past 2 years at least) and part of the reason was the realisation that so-called 'desktops' are a shrinking market. Can Microsoft adapt to the new markets? Absolutely not, and this is why it is suing using software patents. According to one analyst, the number of phones sold with a Microsoft platform is "catastrophic". Microsoft of course is lying about the numbers or at least spinning it all:

Russian tech blogger and analyst Eldar Murtazin, the man credited for predicting the Nokia-Microsoft tie-up way back in December, has published a damning report that claims Microsoft sold only 674,000 Windows Phone 7 devices in its first six weeks.

Using 2010 data he claims he received from operators and retailers, Murtazin said Microsoft only sold 674,000 WP7 units in November and December, when you take out the number of phones given to all its employees.

"Failure? Definitely yes. Unfortunately, in spite of the ecosystem, developer support, Microsoft could not create a product that would be attractive to the consumer," Murtazin wrote in a blog post (Google translated).

According to this analysis promoted/passed to us by Will, "Microsoft has the Wal-Mart Disease":

This week Microsoft’s market capitalization is about $215B, while Apple’s is about $365B – about 70% higher. The difference is, of course, growth – and how a lack of it changes management – including Microsoft

Putting market capitalisation on "Linux" is not possible, but companies like Google and IBM are among the benefactors and they are doing very well, too.

Tim has made the prediction that Ballmer will exit or be thrown out some time around the middle of the year. ⬆

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Agent_Smith

2011-05-04 15:24:24

Actually, the problems with M$ are deeper than just Stevie B. All the corporate culture is wrong, and obsolete. For one example, lets take IBM: When Louis Gerstner got the company, he made it change from the ground up. A new corporate culture, open, where it can benefit IBM(and closed where it should be, to protect the cash cows) and emphasis on excellence on services. Ok, it helped IBM to come up from the sinking hole it was. But, changed its guts for ever. Now, lets take M$: All the corporate culture is based on monopolies, exclusivity and backstabbing. How a technology company can survive, in the 21th century, with those medieval thoughts ? Even if Stevie B is ousted, it won't change M$'s fate very much. The company, as a whole, is a dinosaur, that is refusing to die. But, it can only float so much...

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2011-05-04 15:51:33

IBM and Microsoft are very different companies. And Microsoft could never rally sell hardware profitably.

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2011-05-04 15:52:05

s/rally/really/
Agent_Smith

2011-05-04 16:37:05

Yeah, one of my hopes, is: When they(M$) enter the Cell Phone market, with a M$ branded cell phone, they will fail, like they did before(Zune, Kin, WP7), and, instead of a move towards the top, will drive the last nails in their(M$'s) coffin.

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2011-05-04 17:04:19

It has already cost them billions -- a loss that they hide.

Apple Now Worth Almost Twice as Much as Microsoft

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