Apple overtakes Microsoft as biggest tech company
5/27/2010 at 10:43 AM
A pretty significant change in the computer/tech industry became official over the past 24 hours as Apple has now passed Microsoft to become the biggest technology company. Apple was of course all but relegated to niche status before rolling out the iPod, and have since leveraged that success into phones, increased popularity for it's desktop/laptop computers and now tablet computers.
In your opinion does his help or hurt them? There's a natural tendency in the industry for people to take shots at the top dog, the types of shots that Microsoft knows all too well. Will Apple's rapport with it's userbase help to counteract this effect as time goes on?
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/10168684.stm Edited by Adam, 2010-05-27 10:48:46