Rob Enderle
Rob Enderle
Rob Enderleis an American technology analyst...
half matter second stormy tough year
This is going to be a tough second half of the year for Apple. No matter where you look, it's stormy clouds.
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This is an initiative to create a high level of integration and is almost a complete reorganization of the Microsoft architecture, ... But I haven't seen anything new they've done that has gotten me excited.
increase market share
This is a potentially market-changing event. My sense is that this is going to increase Apple's market share dramatically.
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This is the emergence of the new Gateway. It's critical for them that the market see them as a new and vibrant company, as opposed to the perception that followed them at the beginning of the year, that this is a company that's going out of business.
advantage apple biggest gives history
This gives Apple the biggest competitive advantage they've had in history from Microsoft.
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This company has a lot of leading-edge chip designers behind them, as well as the inventor of Linux. So they've got the skills set to develop something that is based around the current paradigm that takes advantage of the technologies that exist today, as opposed to technologies that have either become obsolete -- or certainly old -- over the last five years.
among clearly fastest services
This clearly will be among the fastest services in the world when it launches.
arms coming hardware market nervous wrap
The thing that makes me so nervous is that there are no hardware (manufacturers) here. I don't have anything to wrap my arms around and say, Ah, yes, this is something that's coming to market soon.
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Pretty much across the board people are saying that Microsoft is dysfunctional. They are not cooperating across business groups, ... The end result of this reorganization is to fix that ? to get it so people who should be cooperating are cooperating, so they can start focusing on competitors instead of competing against themselves.
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A few years back you couldn't point to a single Dell laptop and suggest that it was something anybody wanted to carry. We've seen these products become much more attractive over time.
company
After one year, the company doesn't look the way it did under Carly.
against dominant easy raising somebody start
Once you start raising unfairness questions, and you're the dominant player, then it would be very easy for somebody to use those arguments against you.
address difficult drives far link
Once you have the link open, you should be able to get the (Internet Protocol) address on the other side. If the drives are password protected, it is far more difficult to get access.
apple experience marketing required stepped user
No vendor other than Apple has really stepped up to the combination of design, marketing and user experience that is required by this segment.