i think a good idea for apple would be to realize that they have 3 very sepearate divisions which haper the success of the other. hardware: macs, ipods, accesories software:osx, finalcut, etc itunes: nuff said
by having these three under the branches of one company, and thereby baving a responsibility to the other it hampers their growth.by splitting the company up it will allow apple to grow in leaps and bounds,
apples hardware is second to none, and people routinely pay a premium to get that quality ipods will still sell well becuse their the best on the market, the pc division may have to be a bit more competitive in their pricing, but that will lower the entrance fee to apple hardware, and market share will increase which equals more profit same goes for apples software by making the sx and sotware division a seperate company and allowing them to develop for different platforms, the user base will increase dramatically. and for itunes, yes it was started originally to help sell ipods, but it is now a global brand that is wildly successful (however low their profit margin is) by allowing itunes to run as a seperate company and support other players it will only cement its lead
steave jobs needs to wake up and smell the roses. he has an pportunity 20 years ago for apple to beat microsoft, but he squandered it based upon an ideoligy which while commendable doesnt work in the business world. he now has the opportunity again to create new market share and provide some real competition to the MS's and dells but knowing steve jobs, he'll squander it again
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i think a good idea for apple would be to realize that they have 3 very sepearate divisions which haper the success of the other.
hardware: macs, ipods, accesories
software:osx, finalcut, etc
itunes: nuff said
by having these three under the branches of one company, and thereby baving a responsibility to the other it hampers their growth.by splitting the company up it will allow apple to grow in leaps and bounds,
apples hardware is second to none, and people routinely pay a premium to get that quality ipods will still sell well becuse their the best on the market, the pc division may have to be a bit more competitive in their pricing, but that will lower the entrance fee to apple hardware, and market share will increase which equals more profit
same goes for apples software by making the sx and sotware division a seperate company and allowing them to develop for different platforms, the user base will increase dramatically.
and for itunes, yes it was started originally to help sell ipods, but it is now a global brand that is wildly successful (however low their profit margin is) by allowing itunes to run as a seperate company and support other players it will only cement its lead
steave jobs needs to wake up and smell the roses. he has an pportunity 20 years ago for apple to beat microsoft, but he squandered it based upon an ideoligy which while commendable doesnt work in the business world. he now has the opportunity again to create new market share and provide some real competition to the MS's and dells but knowing steve jobs, he'll squander it again