[LINK] Fanatacism [WAS: iPads]

[linda rouse]

On 1/06/10 5:04 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
> At 04:49 PM 1/06/2010, Ivan Trundle wrote:
>> However, most companies have many years of marketing under their
>> belt: and some more than Apple. Some have fared spectacularly well
>> (Microsoft, for one), and most do far better than Apple when it
>> comes to market share.
>>
>> On a head-count alone, there are probably more of the Microsoft
>> fanatics in the world than Apple fanatics. One of them does a much
>> more thorough job of winning hearts and minds, and part of these
>> might be due to market share, but a more significant part is that
>> one does it better.
>
> Wasn't it just last week that Apple's value surpassed MS? Not sure
> what your measure is.
>
> Jan

Yes Jan
It's in today's Australian IT - Apple has surpassed MS as top tech 
seller... "worth $US222 billion ($260bn) against Microsoft's piddly 
$US219bn."

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/topsy-turvy-world-as-apple-warms-to-its-new-role-as-behemoth/story-e6frgakx-1225873737447

cheers
Linda (a self confessed Mac fan!)
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