Oct 08, 2011, 04:50 PM
Good reply you have finally convinced me you are not a complete MS/Gates homer. Without going back into the whole 1/2 page post of yours I will agree with you as I have already stated that Apple's mismanagement as a proprietary system is and has been a downfall for them since the 80's and on and the same will be for MS if they do not change.
However the stock market does steer a company's growth and reputability in the market and from that perspective (mine as a shareholder or networth partner) Apple has teabagged MS the past 10 years of my investment. The fact that I make money on a company does and is inherent to their success. Otherwise your advice to me or someone else would be to go ahead buy some shares in Bank of America or Netflix today....because their stocks definitely aren't going to deflate due to their choices.
Succesful once again for me in the past 10 years...the numbers speak for themselves sorry.
2001 Apple Share price January: 8.1 a share
2011 Apple Share price close Friday: 369.80
2001 MS Share price January: 24.5 a share
2011 MS Share price close Friday: 26.25 a share
I believe we are arguing two different points and for that I am done trying to prove my side.
However the stock market does steer a company's growth and reputability in the market and from that perspective (mine as a shareholder or networth partner) Apple has teabagged MS the past 10 years of my investment. The fact that I make money on a company does and is inherent to their success. Otherwise your advice to me or someone else would be to go ahead buy some shares in Bank of America or Netflix today....because their stocks definitely aren't going to deflate due to their choices.
Quote:I want to also clarify that I don't dispute apple computer's success within its own means, and Jobs did turn the company around. But to go as far as to say that they are somehow more successful in the long run than Microsoft (who still has a practical monopoly on the desktop and mobile PC OS market) is stretching it.
Succesful once again for me in the past 10 years...the numbers speak for themselves sorry.
2001 Apple Share price January: 8.1 a share
2011 Apple Share price close Friday: 369.80
2001 MS Share price January: 24.5 a share
2011 MS Share price close Friday: 26.25 a share
I believe we are arguing two different points and for that I am done trying to prove my side.