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Originally Posted by sammyg2
Is apple really that much better than MS? if the answer is yes, then apple gets the award for the absolute worst marketing strategy in the history of the world.
People like to say that apple is better but everyone uses MS (except for the 1%'ers).
Why does apples have such an incredibly small market share?
No, some lame excuse about MS predatory marketing practices is not an excuse or a legitimate answer.
Either they do not make a better computer product or they are naive idiots who don't know how to sell it.
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Actually the answer is IBM f'd up.
Apple was the dominant PC in the early days. Proprietary hardware and software.
IBm wanted into the business bad so built a piece of hardware from off the shelf components then went to Bill for an OS. Bill went down the road to Digital and bought an OS from them, renamed it MSDOS and here's the killer, licensed it to IBM.
IBM were under the mistaken impression that the hardware was what mattered and agreed to the licensing deal.
Fast forward a bit an Toshiba reverse engineers the hardware, (off the shelf, not proprietary components) and licenses the same OS from MSFT and the Clone Wars are on.
Remember before this MSFT where an application company. Their first killer app was excell for the Mac.
IBM's mistake led to the market being flooded with cheap hardware that ran MS-Dos and that's the primary reason for MSFT dominating OS market share.
The fact that Apple have survived and remained profitable is a testament to their product.
We live in a world populated with Chevys, Fords and Kia's, yet some of us realize the inherent value in a quality product like a Porsche.