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____/ chrisv on Tuesday 29 Nov 2011 14:16 : \____
> Homer wrote:
>
>> RonB spake thusly:
>>
>>> Strategy Analytics reported that Apple's market share had fallen from
>>> 96 per cent to 67 per cent.
>>>
>>> The reason could be simple - Apple is simply running out of rich
>>> people.
>>
>>LOL! Funny, and very true.
>>
>>Guess which is probably not the best business strategy during a
>>recession.
>
> Actually, makers of high-end products have been doing better than most
> companies, recently. The rich are still getting richer. It's the
> "lower classes" who are, as usual, getting screwed.
>
> Time for another tax cut for those wealthy elite, in hopes that some
> will "trickle down" to us plebes.
In the past, people who were not wealthy also bought iProducts to climb the social
ladder by perception. Now they just buy the best on the shelf and -- guess what --
it's Linux based!
> The phrase "boom and bust" comes to mind. Apple's had its
> boom, and now...
They'll need to find a new business plan. Maybe patents...
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