Apple Surpasses Microsoft In Market Capitalization 557
je ne sais quoi writes "Today Apple surpassed Microsoft in market capitalization, a metric of the perceived worth of a company. At around 2:30 pm EDT, the total number of Apple shares were worth $227 billion, whereas Microsoft's were worth $226 billion. Both companies' stocks ended the day in the red, and have dropped in value since the Greek crisis began, but Apple's share price has been falling less quickly. Of American companies, only Exxon-Mobil has a higher market cap at this point at $278 billion. According to the article: 'This changing of the guard caps one of the most stunning turnarounds in business history, as Apple had been given up for dead only a decade earlier. But the rapidly rising value attached to Apple by investors also heralds a cultural shift: Consumer tastes have overtaken the needs of business as the leading force shaping technology.'"
I think I speak for us all when I say... (Score:5, Funny)
...and?
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Watch out (Score:5, Funny)
Please don't tell the Apple fanboys about this, or we'll never hear the end of it.
OK, let the flame wars begin... (Score:4, Funny)
Apple is now officialy THE ENEMY here at slashdot. M$ is just another bad guy now.
Aww, that's nice... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:ladies and gentlemen: (Score:4, Funny)
A basic level of human decency, probably
Re:Give me a break (Score:3, Funny)
Steve calm down.
I'm sure you guys'll release Windows 7+1 and bounce right back.
*snicker*
Re:Watch out (Score:3, Funny)
Now if Sarah Palin converts to Scientology and buys a Mac...
Re:So close... (Score:2, Funny)
Have you considered changing your sig to "I work for the Department of Redundancy Department, where I work"?
Re:ladies and gentlemen: (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:I think I speak for us all when I say... (Score:5, Funny)
The borg icon is ok for Microsoft. The Apple icon should be changed to something like this [thepensivecitadel.com]
Re:Aww, that's nice... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Only for VERY foolish investors (Score:5, Funny)
On the other hand, if Microsoft puts out a few crappy products, people will buy them anyway,
What do you mean "if"???
Re:Watch out (Score:3, Funny)
at least one of the things he's evangelizing actually exists.
Re:Growth (Score:5, Funny)
Not that I completely disagree, but I find detracting from actual good works a little distasteful, regardless of the possible motivations. I mean, I am convinced their work on finding a cure for AIDs is a ploy to get victims more expendable cash to bolster their Zune sales, but I don't go around saying it.
Re:I think I speak for us all when I say... (Score:5, Funny)
Steve ballmer with devil ears is already being used for BSD so we are stuck with Borg Gates until MSFT folds or a new CEO is put into place.
Re:so what? (Score:5, Funny)
So what, you ask? Everyone thought Apple was dead a decade ago. Little did they know that Steve Jobs was merely pining for the fjords. And now he has reached the fjords and waved to Microsoft on the way by. Tie this in to Steve Jobs recent statement that he will reveal something surprising at the upcoming WWDC keynote, and this indicates that Steve Jobs will unveil a new product: the iFjord.
Re:if Apple gadgets are the future of computing... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Aww, that's nice... (Score:4, Funny)
Complex numbers? Imaginary numbers? You need to get an iLife.
Re:Aww, that's nice... (Score:2, Funny)
There's an app [apple.com] for that.
Re:Aww, that's nice... (Score:4, Funny)
Mathematics is all fun and games until someone loses an i.
Re:I think I speak for us all when I say... (Score:5, Funny)
Steve ballmer with devil ears is already being used for BSD so we are stuck with Borg Gates until MSFT folds or a new CEO is put into place.
I thought that the BSD logo was just Ballmer without his makeup on.
Re:Aww, that's nice... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I think I speak for us all when I say... (Score:3, Funny)
Well, it’s proof again of the virtue of being extremely successful in business:
Being a dick and tricking people into buying dreams that in reality are not nearly as great. And then when they have, raping them.
Exxon Mobil — Well, if you think they even have a conscience, you live in fantasy world. ;) Lure people in with shiny stuff, and then you either play exactly by their rules, or you will be either ignored or ass-raped like there is no tomorrow.
Microsoft — I don’t think I have to explain this one. Just look at anything listing the factual history. Their product are crap, but they keep winning because of a dick move frenzy.
Apple — Totalitarian Nazis in gay fashion suits.
I could write this for every single one of those huge companies. Eli Lily, Monsanto, Haliburton... you name it...
It seems that only by being that way, you get to the top.
Re:ladies and gentlemen: (Score:3, Funny)
My sincere condolences.