SAN FRANCISCO — Wall Street has called the end of an era and the beginning of the next one: The most important technology product no longer sits on your desk but rather fits in your hand.
The moment came Wednesday when Apple, the maker of iPods, iPhones and iPads, shot past Microsoft, the computer software giant, to become the world’s most valuable technology company.
This changing of the guard caps one of the most stunning turnarounds in business history for Apple, which had been given up for dead only a decade earlier, and its co-founder and visionary chief executive, Steven P. Jobs. The rapidly rising value attached to Apple by investors also heralds an important cultural shift: Consumer tastes have overtaken the needs of business as the leading force shaping technology.
Microsoft, with its Windows and Office software franchises, has dominated the relationship most people had with their computers for almost two decades, and that was reflected in its stock market capitalization. But the click-clack of the keyboard has ceded ground to the swipe of a finger across a smartphone’s touch screen.
And Apple is in the right place at the right time. Although it still sells computers, twice as much revenue is coming from hand-held devices and music. Over all, the technology industry sold about 172 million smartphones last year, compared with 306 million PCs, but smartphone sales grew at a pace five times faster.
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Δεν άργησε να συμβεί τελικά αυτό που έχω αναφέρει άπειρες φορές στο παρελθόν. Τελικά η Apple έγινε μεγαλύτερη εταιρία από τη Micro$oft.
Διαβάστε το και πάλι:
Η Apple έγινε ΜΕΓΑΛΥΤΕΡΗ εταιρία από τη Micro$oft.
Άλλη μια φορά:
Apple > Micro$oft
Για να δούμε για πόσο καιρό ακόμη θα ισχύει αυτό και αν τελικά η Apple θα πάρει την πρώτη θέση (τώρα είναι η δεύτερη μεγαλύτερη εταιρία στην Αμερική κάτω από την Exxon Mobil).
