Comments on: The iPod is NOT the future of Apple http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/01/23/the-ipod-is-not-the-future-of-apple/ The Weblog of Vincent Oberle - Thoughts and opinions about technology and business Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:41:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Vincent Oberle http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/01/23/the-ipod-is-not-the-future-of-apple/#comment-196 Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:47:12 +0000 http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/01/23/the-ipod-is-not-the-future-of-apple/#comment-196 <blockquote>I would not do any attempt to predict the future.</blockquote> I don't take myself prediction too seriously, it's a fun game...

I would not do any attempt to predict the future.

I don’t take myself prediction too seriously, it’s a fun game…

]]> by: alpheccar http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/01/23/the-ipod-is-not-the-future-of-apple/#comment-195 Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:38:14 +0000 http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/01/23/the-ipod-is-not-the-future-of-apple/#comment-195 I know nobody can resist the power of Microsoft. The ideas of Cringely are nice but I fear he may believe too much his own dreams. So, I would probably agree with your post except for one point : Apple can really be surprising. When the iPod was announced, no analyst was predicting any success for it. They not only were all wrong but they were strongly wrong. So, I would not do any attempt to predict the future. As a Mac user myself, (and I have been Mac user since the beginning), I realize that Apple has changed a lot in a few years. And it is continuing its transformation. I don't know what Steve has in mind, but the first pieces of his strategy are now being revealed and I think it is only the beginning. And we must also take into account the Cell processor. So, the Apple future is still fuzzy but very exciting. I think they are the most innovating big company today. (I am not talking about startup of course) And I have succeeded in writing a comment to say nothing :-) I know nobody can resist the power of Microsoft.

The ideas of Cringely are nice but I fear he may believe too much his own dreams.

So, I would probably agree with your post except for one point : Apple can really be surprising.

When the iPod was announced, no analyst was predicting any success for it. They not only were all wrong but they were strongly wrong.

So, I would not do any attempt to predict the future. As a Mac user myself, (and I have been Mac user since the beginning), I realize that Apple has changed a lot in a few years. And it is continuing its transformation. I don’t know what Steve has in mind, but the first pieces of his strategy are now being revealed and I think it is only the beginning.

And we must also take into account the Cell processor.

So, the Apple future is still fuzzy but very exciting. I think they are the most innovating big company today. (I am not talking about startup of course)

And I have succeeded in writing a comment to say nothing :-)

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