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	<title>Comments on: Apple Is More Valuable Than Google</title>
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		<title>By: Jack H.</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2009/10/21/apple-more-valuable-that-google/#comment-227857</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack H.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;I think we&#039;d see more people using Google Products, that&#039;s what. Apple has a much smaller range as far as &quot;touching the customer&quot; goes. The name of &quot;Google&quot; would be far more prevalent than Apple, and thus, we&#039;d see the common consumers catering to Google&#039;s products. The common consumer isn&#039;t super-wealthy either, which puts Apple&#039;s expansive @$$ products at another disadvantage.&lt;/p&gt;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think we&#8217;d see more people using Google Products, that&#8217;s what. Apple has a much smaller range as far as &#8220;touching the customer&#8221; goes. The name of &#8220;Google&#8221; would be far more prevalent than Apple, and thus, we&#8217;d see the common consumers catering to Google&#8217;s products. The common consumer isn&#8217;t super-wealthy either, which puts Apple&#8217;s expansive @$$ products at another disadvantage.</p>
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		<title>By: Cody</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2009/10/21/apple-more-valuable-that-google/#comment-227856</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cody]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;Google must not be shiny enough.&lt;/p&gt;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Google must not be shiny enough.</p>
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		<title>By: Gramps</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2009/10/21/apple-more-valuable-that-google/#comment-227855</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gramps]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Son, are you drugs?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Son, are you drugs?</p>
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		<title>By: Matt</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2009/10/21/apple-more-valuable-that-google/#comment-227854</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They&#039;ve been neck and neck for the past two years: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=aapl+market+capitalization+versus+goog]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They&#8217;ve been neck and neck for the past two years: <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=aapl+market+capitalization+versus+goog" rel="nofollow">http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=aapl+market+capitalization+versus+goog</a></p>
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		<title>By: Gerald</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2009/10/21/apple-more-valuable-that-google/#comment-227853</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerald]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@Brian
Really? Care to share any sort of data? Here is Sprints Q2 2009 results:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=127149&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1313470
To sum it up:
Net loss $384 million
Net loss of 257,000 customers (Lost 998,000 post-paid, which was partially offset by pre-paid)

Which part is not true? Granted, the losses were less than Q1, but still not what most would call healthy. Now, it will be interesting to see what Q3 results hold, but even if the numbers are good, Sprint is still by far the weakest and most vulnerable of the 4 major U.S. wireless carriers.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Brian<br />
Really? Care to share any sort of data? Here is Sprints Q2 2009 results:<br />
<a href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=127149&#038;p=RssLanding&#038;cat=news&#038;id=1313470" rel="nofollow">http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=127149&#038;p=RssLanding&#038;cat=news&#038;id=1313470</a><br />
To sum it up:<br />
Net loss $384 million<br />
Net loss of 257,000 customers (Lost 998,000 post-paid, which was partially offset by pre-paid)</p>
<p>Which part is not true? Granted, the losses were less than Q1, but still not what most would call healthy. Now, it will be interesting to see what Q3 results hold, but even if the numbers are good, Sprint is still by far the weakest and most vulnerable of the 4 major U.S. wireless carriers.</p>
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		<title>By: sahaj</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2009/10/21/apple-more-valuable-that-google/#comment-227852</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[this time, they are carrying a whole eco-system (ipod and itunes) with the iphone.  this is gonna last much longer than 18 months (granted they continue to execute).  also, their laptops are just starting to make a dent in the market.  seems to me like they&#039;ve learned from their mistakes.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>this time, they are carrying a whole eco-system (ipod and itunes) with the iphone.  this is gonna last much longer than 18 months (granted they continue to execute).  also, their laptops are just starting to make a dent in the market.  seems to me like they&#8217;ve learned from their mistakes.</p>
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		<title>By: sahaj</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2009/10/21/apple-more-valuable-that-google/#comment-227851</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sahaj]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the second act is google apps.  it is a very good product that is likely to take the place of microsoft exchange/office suite.  just recently has google thrown some marketing weight behind their second act.  also, watch out for youtube.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the second act is google apps.  it is a very good product that is likely to take the place of microsoft exchange/office suite.  just recently has google thrown some marketing weight behind their second act.  also, watch out for youtube.</p>
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		<title>By: Tim</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2009/10/21/apple-more-valuable-that-google/#comment-227850</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[..and you summer in Long Island, loft in South Beach, your and hers Bimmers- life is goooodddd. bling, bling, bling- hey it&#039;s your dog walker on the iPhone: your poodle took a dump on the sidewalk...ccuuuuteeee]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>..and you summer in Long Island, loft in South Beach, your and hers Bimmers- life is goooodddd. bling, bling, bling- hey it&#8217;s your dog walker on the iPhone: your poodle took a dump on the sidewalk&#8230;ccuuuuteeee</p>
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		<title>By: les madras</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2009/10/21/apple-more-valuable-that-google/#comment-227849</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[les madras]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the stockholder point of view, Apple&#039;s single point of failure is Jobs.  It is hard to imagine what Apple would be without him.  Jobs drove the second act, and the third act.  What&#039;s the next act and how they there is the big open question.

Google has executed brilliantly on its core market.  A brief conversation with the execs at Bing will tell you just how brilliant.  And the company culture is not built around any single person. The open question is whether there is a second act.  YouTube did not go as planned.  Android is showing more promise.

Both stocks have risks, but you would be well advised to own them.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From the stockholder point of view, Apple&#8217;s single point of failure is Jobs.  It is hard to imagine what Apple would be without him.  Jobs drove the second act, and the third act.  What&#8217;s the next act and how they there is the big open question.</p>
<p>Google has executed brilliantly on its core market.  A brief conversation with the execs at Bing will tell you just how brilliant.  And the company culture is not built around any single person. The open question is whether there is a second act.  YouTube did not go as planned.  Android is showing more promise.</p>
<p>Both stocks have risks, but you would be well advised to own them.</p>
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		<title>By: Ryan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both companies are extremely successful.

But, Apple&#039;s market cap exhibits the belief that they can continue to generate high margins and growth through product innovation that the competition hasn&#039;t proven it can keep up with.

For Google, there may be questions in the market about its focus.  They keep expanding out to areas that are not core parts of search (music).]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Both companies are extremely successful.</p>
<p>But, Apple&#8217;s market cap exhibits the belief that they can continue to generate high margins and growth through product innovation that the competition hasn&#8217;t proven it can keep up with.</p>
<p>For Google, there may be questions in the market about its focus.  They keep expanding out to areas that are not core parts of search (music).</p>
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		<title>By: William Ma</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Ma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IMHO, stock price doesn&#039;t mean much.  Yes, the successful ones will have higher stock price but a lot of it is based on sentiment.  Comparison of companies based on market cap (a la stock price) is even more absurd.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>IMHO, stock price doesn&#8217;t mean much.  Yes, the successful ones will have higher stock price but a lot of it is based on sentiment.  Comparison of companies based on market cap (a la stock price) is even more absurd.</p>
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		<title>By: Al</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Al]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The market didn&#039;t catch up to Apple.  Apple stood still.  Jobs wanted to bring down prices to make the Mac more affordable and more widely accepted.  Skulley insisted on this insanely high pricing strategy for the Mac so they can make money hand over fist on the few users who were willing to pay premium dinero for a unique product.  It&#039;s one of issues that led to Jobs&#039; ouster.  And why Skulley is known as the man who almost killed Apple.  &quot;I have a great idea. We have a revolutionary, winning product.  Let&#039;s just sell it to people who are wealthy enough or vain enough to pay insanely high prices.&quot;  Stupid, greedy shortsighted soda vendor.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The market didn&#8217;t catch up to Apple.  Apple stood still.  Jobs wanted to bring down prices to make the Mac more affordable and more widely accepted.  Skulley insisted on this insanely high pricing strategy for the Mac so they can make money hand over fist on the few users who were willing to pay premium dinero for a unique product.  It&#8217;s one of issues that led to Jobs&#8217; ouster.  And why Skulley is known as the man who almost killed Apple.  &#8220;I have a great idea. We have a revolutionary, winning product.  Let&#8217;s just sell it to people who are wealthy enough or vain enough to pay insanely high prices.&#8221;  Stupid, greedy shortsighted soda vendor.</p>
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		<title>By: Al</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2009/10/21/apple-more-valuable-that-google/#comment-227845</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Al]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What an inane comparison.  In the first place it&#039;s silly to compare the number of users of a search engine to that of any device.  Those are two totally different categories.  You might as well compare airline seat miles and nun&#039;s habits.  Second, Google&#039;s products are mostly free to use.  Apple&#039;s aren&#039;t.  Big surprise more people use Google than Apple, eh?  What do you think would be the case if Google charged for their services?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What an inane comparison.  In the first place it&#8217;s silly to compare the number of users of a search engine to that of any device.  Those are two totally different categories.  You might as well compare airline seat miles and nun&#8217;s habits.  Second, Google&#8217;s products are mostly free to use.  Apple&#8217;s aren&#8217;t.  Big surprise more people use Google than Apple, eh?  What do you think would be the case if Google charged for their services?</p>
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		<title>By: jtrigsby</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2009/10/21/apple-more-valuable-that-google/#comment-227844</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jtrigsby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree with eideard, Apple is enjoying great success at the moment because of the iPhone, but more importantly because they are laser focused on making your tech device simple and making it &quot;just work&quot;. IMHO, they are the Lexus of platforms, relentlessly pursuing a perfect ux and most of the time they achieve that, so kudos to them.

This also situates them well as the platform becomes more irrelevant. The car is not completely ubiquitous, but people buy luxury cars because they just work. Yes they pay more, but there is value there for them.

I also agree with several folks above that investors are buying APPL because its on the rise, and that&#039;s fine for a market play. But long term, they&#039;ll correct. Just like luxury car makers don&#039;t top the auto industry, the makers with the widest reach usually do better.

Anyway, that&#039;s my two cents.

@jtrigsby]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with eideard, Apple is enjoying great success at the moment because of the iPhone, but more importantly because they are laser focused on making your tech device simple and making it &#8220;just work&#8221;. IMHO, they are the Lexus of platforms, relentlessly pursuing a perfect ux and most of the time they achieve that, so kudos to them.</p>
<p>This also situates them well as the platform becomes more irrelevant. The car is not completely ubiquitous, but people buy luxury cars because they just work. Yes they pay more, but there is value there for them.</p>
<p>I also agree with several folks above that investors are buying APPL because its on the rise, and that&#8217;s fine for a market play. But long term, they&#8217;ll correct. Just like luxury car makers don&#8217;t top the auto industry, the makers with the widest reach usually do better.</p>
<p>Anyway, that&#8217;s my two cents.</p>
<p>@jtrigsby</p>
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		<title>By: Todd</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Todd]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2007 – Apple’s new product ( the iPhone ) is stunning, first to market, nothing close to a competitor. Their reliance on closed proprietary hardware and operating system gets people to “buy into” their platform. They enjoy being the only person in the pool for a good 18 months, Apple’s value as a company rises...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>2007 – Apple’s new product ( the iPhone ) is stunning, first to market, nothing close to a competitor. Their reliance on closed proprietary hardware and operating system gets people to “buy into” their platform. They enjoy being the only person in the pool for a good 18 months, Apple’s value as a company rises&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: sfmitch</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sfmitch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;That is total nonsense because the company may have been the same but the mentality of the market was completely different&quot;

My point exactly - no one has any idea of what&#039;s coming or they wouldn&#039;t have sold AAPL.  The mentality of the market is a collective stupidity.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;That is total nonsense because the company may have been the same but the mentality of the market was completely different&#8221;</p>
<p>My point exactly &#8211; no one has any idea of what&#8217;s coming or they wouldn&#8217;t have sold AAPL.  The mentality of the market is a collective stupidity.</p>
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