Comments on: Put A Cap On It: Why Apple Doesn’t Compete With Exxon

By: jasonhiggs123

jasonhiggs123 — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:07:24 +0000

As last week showed, maintaining a spot on the list of the 10 most valuable U.S.companies, or silting on the apex, is not guaranteed and can change rapidly and frequently http://bit.ly/qr3drK

By: AdamChew

AdamChew — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 02:53:22 +0000

@Joe
Something new I learned today – knowing which is the largest company is important because maybe it will some how translate to more money in my pocket or maybe it is a cure for cancer or maybe it cures male impotency better than pfizer.

By: Tom Krazit

Tom Krazit — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:52:44 +0000

Thanks Billions, that’s has been fixed. @Joe, I’m not trying to give you financial advice, and I congratulate you on living a mistake-free life up until now.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:03:47 +0000

Yep. It’s not clear to me why we should be taking financial advice from someone who doesn’t know the difference between millions and billions. (and ‘it was a typo’ doesn’t really cut it. That should have jumped out for any knowledgable person who proofread the article).

Furthermore, the entire premise is wrong. No one said that Apple competes with Exxon. But it most certainly is relevant to ask ‘which is the largest company?’ The question is certainly an important one.

By: Billions

Billions — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:04:03 +0000

The market caps used in this article should have been expressed in billions, not millions.

By: $500AShareIsAnnoying!}:-D

$500AShareIsAnnoying!}:-D — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:47:22 +0000

Everyone dismissed the iPhone except consumers. The computer and cellphone industries are too arrogant to think anything through. They hate change. Who can blame Microsoft for holding onto Windows and desktop PCs forever? If they can simply sit back and let the money roll in without changing anything, that’s just great for them. Forget the consumers’ desires. Who cares if consumers are actually waiting for things to change? Only Apple seems to be concerned about consumers and their experiences using products.

I always enjoy the way the tech industries view Apple’s new products. They’re always sure that Apple products are going to massively fail in some way. The iPod will fail (too expensive, nobody wants that much music). The iPhone will fail (too expensive, nobody needs a computer in their pockets). The iPad will fail (what good is a flat slab without a keyboard, consumers will hate it). How many of those companies actually look at Apple products and say, “Wow, that’s some pretty slick stuff. We better start making some serious changes to our products.” Yeah, they’ll start making changes when nobody buys their tired stuff. Too many companies being run by bean counters.