There were a number of students that were interested in using an open-source business model. Yet they even lacked an idea for a project at that point. Nonetheless, they were in the Open Source Software Engineering course hacking away at various sourceforge projects along with everyone else. None of the Americans particularly cared when business model was used as long as it was viable. The Swiss seemed to have some sort of conception that open source was at higher level morally - which I still don't understand. So, yes, I did see an inclanation in Europe toward open-source regardless whether or not such a model would apply to them.
Market capitalization should not be the only thing taken into account when comparing the size of a company. This is just a basic comparison, I'm not a bookeeping wizard.
From Google:
APPL Total Revenue 2007: 24,006.00 millions
IBM Total Revenue 2007: 98,785.00 million
APPL Market Cap: 158.84B
IBM Market Cap: 170.44B
This valuation makes sense when you notice that Apple's P/E is 35, above average for a tech company, and IBM's is only 15.5. Apple still has a ton of growing to do to match the current stockprice; aka, their current eventual expectations. Chances are that even if Apple reaches that size there will be ups and downs just like any other company so some people will leave the bandwagon prematurely. It just goes to show how much more expections are for a company in the spotlight.
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There were a number of students that were interested in using an open-source business model. Yet they even lacked an idea for a project at that point. Nonetheless, they were in the Open Source Software Engineering course hacking away at various sourceforge projects along with everyone else. None of the Americans particularly cared when business model was used as long as it was viable. The Swiss seemed to have some sort of conception that open source was at higher level morally - which I still don't understand. So, yes, I did see an inclanation in Europe toward open-source regardless whether or not such a model would apply to them.
Market capitalization should not be the only thing taken into account when comparing the size of a company. This is just a basic comparison, I'm not a bookeeping wizard. From Google: APPL Total Revenue 2007: 24,006.00 millions IBM Total Revenue 2007: 98,785.00 million APPL Market Cap: 158.84B IBM Market Cap: 170.44B This valuation makes sense when you notice that Apple's P/E is 35, above average for a tech company, and IBM's is only 15.5. Apple still has a ton of growing to do to match the current stockprice; aka, their current eventual expectations. Chances are that even if Apple reaches that size there will be ups and downs just like any other company so some people will leave the bandwagon prematurely. It just goes to show how much more expections are for a company in the spotlight.