Not an Apple fanboy.
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It’s odd how the retirement of a CEO can focus large minds.
What does this mean? Where will his company go without him? Who will win and who will lose? What is winning and what is losing?
Somehow, few consider the notion that it’s strange anyone would want to be CEO for as long as Steve Ballmer.
There’s surely something quite charming about saying: “I’ve had enough of this.”
Still, famed columnist and economist Paul Krugman dwells not on this human aspect, but another: the idea that Microsoft might depend on more conservative humans than does Apple.
In a New York Times piece posted Saturday, Krugman ponders the symmetries between Apple and Microsoft.
He concludes that Cupertino might just have a more troubled future than Redmond.
His logic comes down to the idea that Microsoft’s core purchaser is a conservative IT manager, while Apple’s is the mere fickle human consumer.
While admitting he isn’t a tech expert, Krugman says: “As far as I can tell Apple products no longer have a dramatic quality edge.”
Many would agree with this notion. When I got my iPhone 5, I found it disappointingly similar the iPhone 4. We fickle … [Read more]
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