Presenting And Design http://beta.mike-pulsifer.org mike-pulsifer.org Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:51:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Notice http://beta.mike-pulsifer.org/2008/12/05/notice/ http://beta.mike-pulsifer.org/2008/12/05/notice/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:23:40 +0000 Mike Pulsifer (a) http://beta.mike-pulsifer.org/?p=6 If you can read this, then you’ve found my beta site.  This is where I will test plug-ins, design changes, or anything that could be disruptive to the functioning of my site.  Move along.  Nothing to see here.

Seriously.  Go here.

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]]> http://beta.mike-pulsifer.org/2008/05/04/hello-world/feed/ Why Apple Won’t Dominate http://beta.mike-pulsifer.org/2008/03/21/why-apple-wont-dominate/ http://beta.mike-pulsifer.org/2008/03/21/why-apple-wont-dominate/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:10:26 +0000 Mike Pulsifer (a) http://beta.mike-pulsifer.org/?p=10 I found this nice little nugget suggesting why Apple won’t take over the industry the way Microsoft did.  He’s not suggesting that Apple’s success won’t continue or that it won’t continue gaining market share at the expense of Microsoft, but that Apple won’t be the next Microsoft.

He makes the excellent point that the secret to Apple’s success has been the total experience, which is only possible by controlling the hardware, software, and product design.  To be the next Microsoft, they would have to make their hardware ubiquitous or license their platform to other hardware manufacturers.

We know neither will happen because they undermine the business model that has made them successful and earned them the legions of rabidly loyal fans.

Personally, I don’t want Apple to become the next Microsoft, an arrogant and corrupt behemoth.  What burns me is how the tech press focuses so intently on what’s going to be the “xxxx killer.”  To suggest that having one option and no competition is somehow good for the consumer is lunacy.  Who knows, maybe the press’ infatuation with this is the fewer the products, the less they have to learn or know.

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