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Apple Surpasses Microsoft In Market Capitalization

Posted by samzenpus on from the big-bigger-and-biggest dept.

je ne sais quoi writes "Today Apple surpassed Microsoft in market capitalization, a metric of the perceived worth of a company. At around 2:30 pm EDT, the total number of Apple shares were worth $227 billion, whereas Microsoft's were worth $226 billion. Both companies' stocks ended the day in the red, and have dropped in value since the Greek crisis began, but Apple's share price has been falling less quickly. Of American companies, only Exxon-Mobil has a higher market cap at this point at $278 billion. According to the article: 'This changing of the guard caps one of the most stunning turnarounds in business history, as Apple had been given up for dead only a decade earlier. But the rapidly rising value attached to Apple by investors also heralds a cultural shift: Consumer tastes have overtaken the needs of business as the leading force shaping technology.'"

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  1. I think I speak for us all when I say... by Dirtside · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and?

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    1. Re:I think I speak for us all when I say... by fustakrakich · · Score: 5, Funny

      The borg icon is ok for Microsoft. The Apple icon should be changed to something like this

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    2. Re:I think I speak for us all when I say... by peragrin · · Score: 4, Funny

      Steve ballmer with devil ears is already being used for BSD so we are stuck with Borg Gates until MSFT folds or a new CEO is put into place.

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    3. Re:I think I speak for us all when I say... by dkf · · Score: 5, Funny

      Steve ballmer with devil ears is already being used for BSD so we are stuck with Borg Gates until MSFT folds or a new CEO is put into place.

      I thought that the BSD logo was just Ballmer without his makeup on.

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  2. ladies and gentlemen: by nimbius · · Score: 5, Funny

    the mother of all flame wars. The only way this article could only be more dangerous is if it were posted to 4chan.

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    1. Re:ladies and gentlemen: by royallthefourth · · Score: 3, Funny

      A basic level of human decency, probably

    2. Re:ladies and gentlemen: by hondo77 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I see you've met my parents.

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  3. Watch out by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please don't tell the Apple fanboys about this, or we'll never hear the end of it.

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  4. OK, let the flame wars begin... by wringles · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apple is now officialy THE ENEMY here at slashdot. M$ is just another bad guy now.

  5. Aww, that's nice... by epp_b · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apple's imaginary value is greater than Microsoft's imaginary value. Now I'll have to spend some of my imaginary money to buy an imaginary Apple to get some imaginary work done.

    1. Re:Aww, that's nice... by Cryacin · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm a mathematician, and my imaginary numbers are quite real you insensitive clod!

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    2. Re:Aww, that's nice... by ciaohound · · Score: 3, Funny

      Complex numbers? Imaginary numbers? You need to get an iLife.

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    3. Re:Aww, that's nice... by jonaskoelker · · Score: 3, Funny

      Mathematics is all fun and games until someone loses an i.

  6. Re:Give me a break by binarylarry · · Score: 3, Funny

    Steve calm down.

    I'm sure you guys'll release Windows 7+1 and bounce right back.

    *snicker*

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  7. Wow... by pandrijeczko · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...imagine a whole Beowulf cluster of Apple companies!

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  8. Re:Only for VERY foolish investors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    On the other hand, if Microsoft puts out a few crappy products, people will buy them anyway,

    What do you mean "if"???

  9. Re:Growth by dilvish_the_damned · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not that I completely disagree, but I find detracting from actual good works a little distasteful, regardless of the possible motivations. I mean, I am convinced their work on finding a cure for AIDs is a ploy to get victims more expendable cash to bolster their Zune sales, but I don't go around saying it.

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  10. Re:so what? by nacturation · · Score: 4, Funny

    So what, you ask? Everyone thought Apple was dead a decade ago. Little did they know that Steve Jobs was merely pining for the fjords. And now he has reached the fjords and waved to Microsoft on the way by. Tie this in to Steve Jobs recent statement that he will reveal something surprising at the upcoming WWDC keynote, and this indicates that Steve Jobs will unveil a new product: the iFjord.

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