There is an interesting article in the latest Business Week on “Why Apple is more Valuable than Google” . To me, this argument breaks down simply to open vs. closed communities. While I am a casual fan of Apple products, and currently own an iPod and use iTunes to purchase most of my music, I have always felt that Apple gets a free pass from the tech media when it comes to open versus closed. If I mention the phrase “the evil empire” most likely Microsoft pops in your head. Microsoft gets tagged with this reputation because of it’s history of crushing it’s rivals, it’s lack of innovation, and overall monopolistic policies. Some of this is well deserved, but a lot of it is simply piling on..
Apple’s rep is ” Think Different” the cool inivator, always introducing new super cool products before the rest of the crowd get there. The Mac, iPod, iPhone, iTunes (the best razor vs. razor blade example since shaving cream in a can was invented) and the iPhone app store. The way that
Open Versus Closed Communities
There is an interesting article in the latest Business Week on “Why Apple is more Valuable than Google” . To me, this argument breaks down simply to open vs. closed communities. While I am a casual fan of Apple products, and currently own an iPod and use iTunes to purchase most of my music, I have always felt that Apple gets a free pass from the tech media when it comes to open versus closed. If I mention the phrase “the evil empire” most likely Microsoft pops in your head. Microsoft gets tagged with this reputation because of it’s history of crushing it’s rivals, it’s lack of innovation, and overall monopolistic policies. Some of this is well deserved, but a lot of it is simply piling on..
Apple’s rep is ” Think Different” the cool inivator, always introducing new super cool products before the rest of the crowd get there. The Mac, iPod, iPhone, iTunes (the best razor vs. razor blade example since shaving cream in a can was invented) and the iPhone app store. The way that