Should Sony Acquire Apple?
Well, this article about it was in Wired magazine. Raises some interesting benefits too.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...tart.html?pg=2
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...tart.html?pg=2
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But on a side not, doesn't it seem like Apple is getting MAJOR rep in the computer world these days?
like every day 2 or 3 headline articles in various tech newsources, are about how great and innovative Apple is.
Sony...or almost any company wants Steve's ideas and Ive's designs. But nobody wants the rest of steve...his attitude, vision.
Sony/Apple sounds cool but Sony is a Hardware company that creates really crappy software. In this merger I could see Sony snuffing out anything "cool" that Apple does.
Originally posted by hmurchison
Stuff like the iPod, if created by Sony, would have had some stupid useability defeating mechanism added to thwart any hope of piracy. That is why Sony is struggling right now in electronics and minidisc is almost dead outside Japan and the UK.
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In response to the title ........ But seriously. NO.
Originally posted by Macasaurus
Well, this article about it was in Wired magazine. Raises some interesting benefits too.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...tart.html?pg=2
Sony acquiring Apple would be the worst thing that ever happened to Apple. Sony would mess up the entire management structure and then, after it failed miserably, cancel it altogether and pilliage what was left of the company to build PC clones.
It wouldn't be beneficial for either company in my opinion. As people mentioned before, both companies are on a very different track and the acquisition of Apple would not be beneficial to Sony either.
As for buying nice looking PC's, most consumers won't care. But as for hardware enthusiasts and mac people, I'm sure the aesthetics go a certainly longer way in their decision making.
However, in the end, there's a reaosn why Apple only has approximately 3% of the current market share of computers worldwide. Yes they do cater to a very select market, and yes, I love Apple products, especially my TiBook, but in the long run, Apple needs some more support - both from the consumer front and the developer front.
Acquisition or not - Apple can't continue on this track and hopefully the G5 will help things out slightly.
Anyways, that's just my opinion.
More importantly, Sony is pretty much planning on using the Playstation as its gateway into the whole Digital Hub thing.
Originally posted by Aquatic
Apple should buy Sony.
Why? Sony makes total crap.
Originally posted by Macasaurus
I suppose, but if Sony were to buy out Apple and allow it to be Apple, except with more funding, then it would be awesome! Plus, Sony manufactures the only, in my opinion, good looking PCs on the PC side. If Sony were to quit making PCs, then the PC users only have one choice for good looking hardware. I know not many ppl buy PCs based on looks, but I'm sure some do.
Sony isn't going to quit a business where it is succesful just so it can push Apple products, which may or may not grow in market share as fast as its PC products.
Also how about a joint development project for some new consumer electronic?
eew.. Just had a wild thought, how about some Apple designed accessories for the next gen PS(an iPod compatible withe the PS3??), and perhaps even have the OS of the PS3 be a barebones version of OS X, similar to the Windows CE used for the XBox and Dreamcast.
Originally posted by Leonis
A partnership would make more sense
I heartily agree. Almost any company that takes over Apple would kill it. Not intentinoally, that is just the way businees works. Companies that are purchased are starved for funds are expected to produce cash. In addition they can't take too many risks or behave too independently. All together a recipe for failure.
A partnership with Sony doesn't make much sense to me. IMHO Apple could successfully partner with some company with complementary businesses and assets. For example, they could partner with Hilton Hotels to provide a computer for every one of their hotel rooms. Or they could partner with a car company to provide the audio/video/GPS system for a minivan. Or they could partner with a producer of CAD software to bundle the software with a Mac and sell it through Apple's retail stores where they could provide service contracts. Partnerships with this flavor make sense. Partnering with a company with similar products doesn't make sense.