Jobs vs Gates

AquaPython · 05-21-2010, 10:57 AM

Dave · 05-21-2010, 11:09 AM

Its amazing how much they both look like boy hungry pedophiles

Papa_Complex · 05-21-2010, 02:57 PM

The difference between Jobs and Gates is that Jobs managed to get people to drink the Kool-aid.

Trip · 05-21-2010, 03:22 PM

I don't think there is really a rivalry here anymore. Microsoft has the 360 and Apple is going more mobile type stuff. Apples real natural rival is Google.

goof2 · 05-21-2010, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

The difference between Jobs and Gates is that Jobs managed to get people to drink the Kool-aid.

I would agree that Jobs has a lot more fanboys than Gates but Microsoft had 60% more net sales, 45% more assets, and most importantly 2.5 times the profit of Apple. Those numbers were filed before the iPad and Windows 7 but I'll bet MS gets the better end of that comparison as well. Somebody must be drinking Gates' Kool-aid because they are selling the shit out of it.

Papa_Complex · 05-21-2010, 03:47 PM

Selling? Yes. Generating a "fan base"? Seems to be the exact opposite.

shmike · 05-21-2010, 03:58 PM

I'll take less fanbois and 2.5 times the earnings please.

In fact, make mine a double.

goof2 · 05-21-2010, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Selling? Yes. Generating a "fan base"? Seems to be the exact opposite.

Like I said Jobs has a lot more fanboys which has certainly helped Apple trounce Microsoft anytime they have gone head to head on the consumer electronics side. That has yet to translate in to a meaningful erosion of Microsoft's dominance in the Personal Computer market though.

EpyonXero · 05-21-2010, 05:09 PM

Apple doesnt want Microsoft's PC marketshare.

derf · 05-21-2010, 05:12 PM

05-21-2010, 02:57 PM	#3
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	The difference between Jobs and Gates is that Jobs managed to get people to drink the Kool-aid. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

05-21-2010, 03:47 PM	#6
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	Selling? Yes. Generating a "fan base"? Seems to be the exact opposite. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

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Trip Hold mah beer! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven Moto: 08 R1200GS Posts: 23,268	I don't think there is really a rivalry here anymore. Microsoft has the 360 and Apple is going more mobile type stuff. Apples real natural rival is Google.

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