[ianai]

Let's not forget their huge cash on hand. Apple could purchase its way into any market and technology at this point.

[sosborn]

I really like apple stuff, but your sentence could have easily applied to Microsoft at the dawn of smartphones. Capital is not a guaranteed path to success.

[ianai]

Microsoft hasn't gone away. Both companies are huge successes. They've just got failures like everybody else. Unlike most, they're still owners of markets.