
Bob Cringeley makes a bold statement in a blog post responding to Apple's iCloud announcement: "Jobs is going to sacrifice the Macintosh in order to
kill Windows." He says, "The incumbent platform today is Windows because it is in Windows machines that nearly all of our data and our ability to use that data have been trapped. But the Apple announcement changes all that. Suddenly the competition isn't about platforms at all, but about data, with that data being crunched on a variety of platforms through the use of cheap downloaded apps."
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2009-05-19
Hm... Samsung or any other Asian electronics conglomerate? Platforms? Check. Market segments? Check.
Apple has exactly 2 platforms and targets only the consumer market. Their 0.1 success in business segment is largely overlooked by Apple themselves.
Success? Yes.
Variety of platforms? Nope.
Domination in consumer electronics market? Not absolute, but largely yes.
Affordable? No sorry. Valuable and quality - that may be. But definitely not affordable.