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by tonyedgecombe 2822 days ago
>What do you mean?

I mean exactly what I said, Microsoft was complacent and it allowed Apple to cream off the most valuable segment of the market. Microsoft may still have the largest market share (in Desktop) but it was Apple that became the first Trillion dollar company.
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zeroname 2822 days ago
Yes, but Apple didn't take away anything from Microsoft, so where's the connection? Their "users don't care" attitude on software worked out. Pretty much nobody in business is switching over to Mac OS (or iOS) and Numbers. Both companies are barely even competing in the same markets.
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tonyedgecombe 2821 days ago
What do you think all the Mac users were using before they switched to the Mac. Apple had a huge switching campaign over many years. They might not be competing much now but MS didn't want to give up that segment. That's before we get on to what the iPhone did to Windows mobile.
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