Web browser based apps will not kill Office. I suspect web based apps and desktop apps will ultimately co-exist, with basic apps on the web and full-featured, heavy lifting type apps on the desktop.
Office is already the heavy lifting app in the office space. It is the smaller competitors that will be killed by web apps, such as Pages, Nissus Writer etc.
Look at stock performance over the past couple of years... Google, way up, Apple way up. Microsoft? Going sideways. :
It's night and day. No wonder MS is having such a hard time attracting the best of the best anymore. Guess its understandable why Ballmer throws a chair every time someone leaves to go to Google. \
Web browser based apps will not kill Office. I suspect web based apps and desktop apps will ultimately co-exist, with basic apps on the web and full-featured, heavy lifting type apps on the desktop.
Office is already the heavy lifting app in the office space. It is the smaller competitors that will be killed by web apps, such as Pages, Nissus Writer etc.
Speaking of web apps (& great tools for dev'ing such):
In August 2006, it was announced that Apple will ship Ruby on Rails with Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard," scheduled for release in Spring 2007.
1) iTunes version with integrated Quicktime Streaming Server
2) iPhone
3) .Mac account.
(snip)
At the keynote in January Steve mentioned .Mac support for the iPhone but never discussed any details. Instead he focused on Yahoo mail. I don't take this to mean that .Mac will be neglected. Rather, I expect interesting new features associated with .Mac soon after the iPhone is released.
That actually raises an interesting question (probably beat to death elsewhere). What we saw at MWSF was in some sense the tip of the iceberg. Just as for years Apple was compiling OS X and their apps for Intel processors without telling anyone I am sure that there are iPhone R&D projects going on that have not yet been made public.
The Reuters article says "Aspinall [...] will be replaced as head of Apple Corps. Ltd. by Jeff Jones, an American music industry executive who specialises in deluxe reissues of classic albums."
So - hmm - it's obvious what is around the corner. What about 1 June - 40 years from the release of Sgt. Pepper.
I like the commercial! It reminds me of one of the first iPod commercials, with that guy starting to dance at home
But... I'm not usually picky like this, but let's be picky for a change, hehe:
Has this Apple TV a wireless connecttion to the TV? All I see is the power cable. And the white power-on-diode is not lit. So is the Apple TV on at all? Or perhaps it's powered via HDMI? That would be something
I don't see MS being at any type of crossroads. When you capture such a large marketshare, sometimes thing may look as if it isn't going well, but how much ore can they gain.
Web based office suites does not compare to MS office suites, it just doesn't. It may be ok for Joe average who only wants to do simple task, but for everyone else, you probably will use Office.
Look at stock performance over the past couple of years... Google, way up, Apple way up. Microsoft? Going sideways. :
It's night and day. No wonder MS is having such a hard time attracting the best of the best anymore. Guess its understandable why Ballmer throws a chair every time someone leaves to go to Google. \
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Didn't I read that MS cash reserves are down almost by 50% over the last two years too? That is bleeding on a major scale if true.
I like the commercial! It reminds me of one of the first iPod commercials, with that guy starting to dance at home
But... I'm not usually picky like this, but let's be picky for a change, hehe:
Has this Apple TV a wireless connecttion to the TV? All I see is the power cable. And the white power-on-diode is not lit. So is the Apple TV on at all? Or perhaps it's powered via HDMI? That would be something
I can virtually guarantee that neither the TV nor the AppleTV were on during the shooting of the commercial.
Has this Apple TV a wireless connecttion to the TV? All I see is the power cable. And the white power-on-diode is not lit. So is the Apple TV on at all? Or perhaps it's powered via HDMI? That would be something
Palegolas, you do realize it's a commercail, right?
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Originally Posted by Guartho
I can virtually guarantee that neither the TV nor the AppleTV were on during the shooting of the commercial.
I can virtually guarantee that the guy in the commercial is the same guy and not triplets.
Off topic: I can also guarantee that Axe Body Spray doesn't work like in the commercials.
The Reuters article says "Aspinall [...] will be replaced as head of Apple Corps. Ltd. by Jeff Jones, an American music industry executive who specialises in deluxe reissues of classic albums."
So - hmm - it's obvious what is around the corner. What about 1 June - 40 years from the release of Sgt. Pepper.
Interesting thought. I was wondering if maybe they were waiting for Paul McCartney's divorce to go through so peg-leg couldn't grab any more money off him.
Didn't I read that MS cash reserves are down almost by 50% over the last two years too? That is bleeding on a major scale if true.
MS had a major giveback to shareholders a couple of years ago which depleted a large fraction of those reserves.
Right now, their reserves have just dropped to below $30 billion. But, MS has been using them to buy other companies, something Apple only does on a very small scale.
Also, remember that MS does have a dividend,. which Apple does not have, and would consume a good deal of that reserve.
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Office is already the heavy lifting app in the office space. It is the smaller competitors that will be killed by web apps, such as Pages, Nissus Writer etc.
look at the volume of shares. apples and oranges.
Look at stock performance over the past couple of years... Google, way up, Apple way up. Microsoft? Going sideways. :
It's night and day. No wonder MS is having such a hard time attracting the best of the best anymore. Guess its understandable why Ballmer throws a chair every time someone leaves to go to Google.
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Web browser based apps will not kill Office. I suspect web based apps and desktop apps will ultimately co-exist, with basic apps on the web and full-featured, heavy lifting type apps on the desktop.
Office is already the heavy lifting app in the office space. It is the smaller competitors that will be killed by web apps, such as Pages, Nissus Writer etc.
Speaking of web apps (& great tools for dev'ing such):
In August 2006, it was announced that Apple will ship Ruby on Rails with Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard," scheduled for release in Spring 2007.
Nice.
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Originally posted by solipsism:
(snip)
What is needed to make this work:
1) iTunes version with integrated Quicktime Streaming Server
2) iPhone
3) .Mac account.
(snip)
At the keynote in January Steve mentioned .Mac support for the iPhone but never discussed any details. Instead he focused on Yahoo mail. I don't take this to mean that .Mac will be neglected. Rather, I expect interesting new features associated with .Mac soon after the iPhone is released.
That actually raises an interesting question (probably beat to death elsewhere). What we saw at MWSF was in some sense the tip of the iceberg. Just as for years Apple was compiling OS X and their apps for Intel processors without telling anyone I am sure that there are iPhone R&D projects going on that have not yet been made public.
So - hmm - it's obvious what is around the corner. What about 1 June - 40 years from the release of Sgt. Pepper.
But... I'm not usually picky like this, but let's be picky for a change, hehe:
Has this Apple TV a wireless connecttion to the TV? All I see is the power cable. And the white power-on-diode is not lit. So is the Apple TV on at all? Or perhaps it's powered via HDMI? That would be something
Web based office suites does not compare to MS office suites, it just doesn't. It may be ok for Joe average who only wants to do simple task, but for everyone else, you probably will use Office.
Look at stock performance over the past couple of years... Google, way up, Apple way up. Microsoft? Going sideways. :
It's night and day. No wonder MS is having such a hard time attracting the best of the best anymore. Guess its understandable why Ballmer throws a chair every time someone leaves to go to Google.
.
Didn't I read that MS cash reserves are down almost by 50% over the last two years too? That is bleeding on a major scale if true.
I like the commercial! It reminds me of one of the first iPod commercials, with that guy starting to dance at home
But... I'm not usually picky like this, but let's be picky for a change, hehe:
Has this Apple TV a wireless connecttion to the TV? All I see is the power cable. And the white power-on-diode is not lit. So is the Apple TV on at all? Or perhaps it's powered via HDMI? That would be something
I can virtually guarantee that neither the TV nor the AppleTV were on during the shooting of the commercial.
Has this Apple TV a wireless connecttion to the TV? All I see is the power cable. And the white power-on-diode is not lit. So is the Apple TV on at all? Or perhaps it's powered via HDMI? That would be something
Palegolas, you do realize it's a commercail, right?
I can virtually guarantee that neither the TV nor the AppleTV were on during the shooting of the commercial.
I can virtually guarantee that the guy in the commercial is the same guy and not triplets.
Off topic: I can also guarantee that Axe Body Spray doesn't work like in the commercials.
Palegolas, you do realize it's a commercail, right?
I can virtually guarantee that the guy in the commercial is the same guy and not triplets.
Off topic: I can also guarantee that Axe Body Spray doesn't work like in the commercials.
You mean ... all those people don't really drink Folgers Coffee?
You mean ... all those people don't really drink Folgers Coffee?
Of course they do! With vacuum fresh aroma and every low, low prices who wouldn't drink Folgers coffee.
Of course they do! With vacuum fresh aroma and every low, low prices who wouldn't drink Folgers coffee.
Now here is a realistic commercial for Folgers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQI2KlAurOg
The Reuters article says "Aspinall [...] will be replaced as head of Apple Corps. Ltd. by Jeff Jones, an American music industry executive who specialises in deluxe reissues of classic albums."
So - hmm - it's obvious what is around the corner. What about 1 June - 40 years from the release of Sgt. Pepper.
Interesting thought. I was wondering if maybe they were waiting for Paul McCartney's divorce to go through so peg-leg couldn't grab any more money off him.
Didn't I read that MS cash reserves are down almost by 50% over the last two years too? That is bleeding on a major scale if true.
Jeez. Last proxy vote held for MSFT, I voted against Ballmer... guess they didn't listen.
Didn't I read that MS cash reserves are down almost by 50% over the last two years too? That is bleeding on a major scale if true.
MS had a major giveback to shareholders a couple of years ago which depleted a large fraction of those reserves.
Right now, their reserves have just dropped to below $30 billion. But, MS has been using them to buy other companies, something Apple only does on a very small scale.
Also, remember that MS does have a dividend,. which Apple does not have, and would consume a good deal of that reserve.
look at the volume of shares. apples and oranges.
Huh? Can you elucidate?
Huh? Can you elucidate?
I think he was confused and didn't appreciate that you were talking about P/E rather than share price.
Wouldn't it be nice? Talk about the "missing app"