Microsoft's quarterly profit drops below Apple's for the first time in 20 years
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Re: Microsoft's quarterly profit drops below Apple's for the first time in 20 years
#2Misleading. Microsoft's quarterly profit grew pretty quickly (above 30%). It's just that Apple's profit grew faster, causing it to take the lead in the race.
Re: Microsoft's quarterly profit drops below Apple's for the first time in 20 years
#3I guess I was most amazed that in 1991 Apple's profits were greater than Microsoft's. I was playing Ultima 6 and King's Quest V back then... I didn't know anything existed but the IBM PC.
Re: Microsoft's quarterly profit drops below Apple's for the first time in 20 years
#4For me, it's more interesting that Apple did this without a lot of the shady business & licensing practices that Microsoft engages in.
Edit: Before downvoting me, take a look at my comment history. I'm not your typical Apple fan/Microsoft basher.
Re: Microsoft's quarterly profit drops below Apple's for the first time in 20 years
#5Misleading. Microsoft's quarterly profit grew pretty quickly (above 30%). It's just that Apple's profit grew faster, causing it to take the lead in the race.
I don't see what's misleading here. Doesn't your sentence basically mean the same thing the title does? As you said, microsoft's profits grew slower, and they had lower profits than apple did, which means the story title is far from misleading.
Re: Microsoft's quarterly profit drops below Apple's for the first time in 20 years
#6Two things - Windows license down 4% year-over-year(!) while macs rose 28%, and $728 million loss this quarter alone competing with Google. Thats a run-rate of $3b loss just to compete with Google - at some point one has to think this assault - plus competition from Apple and facebook - will finally start hurting Google a lot.
Re: Microsoft's quarterly profit drops below Apple's for the first time in 20 years
#7Misleading. Microsoft's quarterly profit grew pretty quickly (above 30%). It's just that Apple's profit grew faster, causing it to take the lead in the race.
I don't see what's misleading here. Doesn't your sentence basically mean the same thing the title does? As you said, microsoft's profits grew slower, and they had lower profits than apple did, which means the story title is far from misleading.
MS didn't drop below Apple, Apple grew above MS. It's a pretty important distinction - drop means they declined, Apple is now making more money than Microsoft, and Microsoft is making more money than they used to too.
Re: Microsoft's quarterly profit drops below Apple's for the first time in 20 years
#8Misleading. Microsoft's quarterly profit grew pretty quickly (above 30%). It's just that Apple's profit grew faster, causing it to take the lead in the race.
I don't think it's misleading. Since it says that MS profit "drops below Apple's", it's making reference to a relative difference, in which case it did drop.
Re: Microsoft's quarterly profit drops below Apple's for the first time in 20 years
#9For me, it's more interesting that Apple did this without a lot of the shady business & licensing practices that Microsoft engages in. Edit: Before downvoting me, take a look at my comment history. I'm not your typical Apple fan/Microsoft basher.
Do you think Apple's walled approach to iOS apps and content on iOS platforms is more honorable than Microsoft's open development initiative? (i.e. letting anyone write Windows applications).
To me, their decision to prevent iOS apps from getting content outside of its walled garden (and bypass the 30% fee) is much more anti-competitive than whatever Microsoft did.
I don't know if anyone downvoted you (I didn't). I just wanted to hear your opinion. I'd like to hear what you mean by 'shady', and what in particular about Microsoft makes it shadier.
Re: Microsoft's quarterly profit drops below Apple's for the first time in 20 years
#10For me, it's more interesting that Apple did this without a lot of the shady business & licensing practices that Microsoft engages in. Edit: Before downvoting me, take a look at my comment history. I'm not your typical Apple fan/Microsoft basher.
Do you think Apple's walled approach to iOS apps and content on iOS platforms is more honorable than Microsoft's open development initiative? (i.e. letting anyone write Windows applications). To me, their decision to prevent iOS apps from getting content outside of its walled garden (and bypass the 30% fee) is much more anti-competitive than whatever Microsoft did. I don't know if anyone downvoted you (I didn't). I j…
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