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Microsoft VS Apple. Which Is A Bigger Company?  
User currently offlineUnited Airline From Hong Kong, joined Jan 2001, 8803 posts, RR: 17
Posted (11 months 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 2286 times:

Which is a bigger company? I mean in terms of revenue, net profit, market cap, assets etc........

I would say Microsoft is overall bigger.

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User currently offlineBraniff747SP From Spain, joined Oct 2008, 2649 posts, RR: 1
Reply 1, posted (11 months 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 2285 times:

Apple has the largest market cap in the world. Revenues and liquid assets are bigger too.


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User currently offlineUnited Airline From Hong Kong, joined Jan 2001, 8803 posts, RR: 17
Reply 2, posted (11 months 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 2281 times:

Which about total assets?

But Bill Gates is so much richer than the late Steve Jobs

User currently offlineBill142 From Australia, joined Aug 2004, 8326 posts, RR: 9
Reply 3, posted (11 months 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 2256 times:

The answer to the question is largely ambiguous as there's any number of measures that could be used. For example Microsoft has 90000 employes Apple has 60000. It's just like asking who's the world biggest airline?

User currently offlineflipdewaf From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2006, 1529 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (11 months 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 2246 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

If on disappeared over night I think MS would have the worst effect.

Was sent this picture, thought it was funny:


Hehe.

Fred

P.S. posted from iPhone so no fanboy

User currently offlineBraniff747SP From Spain, joined Oct 2008, 2649 posts, RR: 1
Reply 5, posted (11 months 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 2237 times:

Quoting United Airline (Reply 2):

But Bill Gates is so much richer than the late Steve Jobs

That's because for many, many years Microsoft made much more money than Apple. They've never lost money until yesterday. And Microsoft is still a huge company--in terms of company size, bigger than Apple. Mind you, most computers in the world run a Microsoft OS.


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User currently offlineKlaus From Germany, joined Jul 2001, 20902 posts, RR: 55
Reply 6, posted (11 months 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 2231 times:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=compare+apple+and+microsoft&lk=4

User currently offlineKen777 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 7528 posts, RR: 5
Reply 7, posted (11 months 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 2179 times:

Quoting United Airline (Reply 2):

But Bill Gates is so much richer than the late Steve Jobs

Which shows that monopoly abuse can be very profitable.

These days MS still has a very large user base - far more than the Apple Mac ranges.

But MS has some huge problems in the smart phone and tablet markets. Apple and Android are showing that taking these sectors from MS is like taking candy from a baby.

I believe that MS is going to hurt from this mobile competition for a long time. They are no longer sacred in IT departments. Starting with the iPhone, and moving forward with the iPad, IT departments are opening the door for Apple. If Mountain Lion delivers on a lot of the look & feel of the iOS then the Mac line is going to pull more PC users into the fold.

Think about it - Apple went with the iPhone originally, but were working on the iPad in the background at the same time. When Steve Jobs announced the iPad he made a key comment: "If you have an iPhone or iPod touch" you already know how to use it." Apple has the ability to leverage that type of thinking, even if not all of the iOS apps are available on the OS X side. That pulls MS down even further.

Overall I believed that Apple is moving past MS. Share price growth and market cap are two areas where they have blown past MS. Consumer acceptance on the iOS side is huge and Apple has the financial power to invest in making products they believe are better. This link shows just one small part of that willingness:

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine...-secret-hoard-lasers-11032011.html
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