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To: Dave Budde who wrote (43138)	2/12/2005 7:01:58 PM
From: Don Green	Respond to of 213173

"you're being very short sighted when you look just at total market share numbers and judging Apple only on that basis. Apple will not increase market share as it is measured any time soon. This is mainly because they choose not to participate in every computing category that is used to measure market share for the PC. However, this is a stupid metric by which to judge Apple's ability to continue to succeed." I never said Apple wasn't a great company, I have often said if i had never owned a computer I would likely buy an Apple computer. But the fact is most users have already invested too much time and money into the WinIntel PC and Apple dropped the ball on the Educational and corporate arenas for them ever to get it back. So the simple fact is Apple will never be able to re-gain much market share back which is and always has been my main point. BTW it isn't short sighted it is commenting on the obvious. Don

To: Dave Budde who wrote (43138)	2/12/2005 11:58:14 PM
From: JP Sullivan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

No other computer company has the arsenal of top notch software products the likes of OS X, consumer software such as iLife and iWork, pro level apps such as Final Cut HD, Logic, Shake etc. Which makes it all the more shameful for Microsoft. With it's absolutely huge R&D budget, army of programmers, and mountains of money you'd think it could manage to fix one lousy OS or wheel out some great software now and then. What is BG thinking! IMHO MSFT has grown way past its optimum size. On balance, it would have been better for the company to have been split up a la AT&T. Luckily for AAPL, however, that didn't happen ;-) -we-