It is true that Apple's taking on more and more players in more and more markets (many with huge staffs and resources all over the world) and none of them want their lunch eaten, and while A, Inc. is wildly profitable it is worth remembering they had to pull staff off Leopard to get their fledgling phone off the ground.
And may have the most lawyers on retainer per $ of sales of any corp its size, given all the class actions and infringement suits.
Can they truly keep muscling into PC market share, refreshing all models, entering missing segments (mid range/ultraportable), reaching SMB and even Enterprise channels effectively and ramping up unit production?
While fighting the online music and video wars (where they've ruffled many, many feathers and put fear into the hearts of their partners/competitors), expanding their line of (smart)phone products (one model does NOT fit all, and cell manufacturers will find ways around Apples "200 patents" to deliver many of the same or new features, and dump product without an unsubsidized sales tag).
And the browser wars. I'm not giving up FireFox anytime soon.
And the MP3 wars (not much problem here for awhile actually).
And the server and server OS markets.
And the pro sound, video, and image software cauldron.
And the entry level apps wars (iLife, iWorks)?
And the not seeming TOO smug and Marie Antoinetteish while doing it all media wars.
Lots of balls for Steve to juggle (while keeping a big hand in at Disney/Pixar).
So maybe, but pride does goeth before something in many cases.
It is true that Apple's
It is true that Apple's taking on more and more players in more and more markets (many with huge staffs and resources all over the world) and none of them want their lunch eaten, and while A, Inc. is wildly profitable it is worth remembering they had to pull staff off Leopard to get their fledgling phone off the ground.
And may have the most lawyers on retainer per $ of sales of any corp its size, given all the class actions and infringement suits.
Can they truly keep muscling into PC market share, refreshing all models, entering missing segments (mid range/ultraportable), reaching SMB and even Enterprise channels effectively and ramping up unit production?
While fighting the online music and video wars (where they've ruffled many, many feathers and put fear into the hearts of their partners/competitors), expanding their line of (smart)phone products (one model does NOT fit all, and cell manufacturers will find ways around Apples "200 patents" to deliver many of the same or new features, and dump product without an unsubsidized sales tag).
And the browser wars. I'm not giving up FireFox anytime soon.
And the MP3 wars (not much problem here for awhile actually).
And the server and server OS markets.
And the pro sound, video, and image software cauldron.
And the entry level apps wars (iLife, iWorks)?
And the not seeming TOO smug and Marie Antoinetteish while doing it all media wars.
Lots of balls for Steve to juggle (while keeping a big hand in at Disney/Pixar).
So maybe, but pride does goeth before something in many cases.