mac-talks.com » apple http://www.mac-talks.com place where we talk about mac Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:54:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Apple’s Corporate Imitators are Borrowing, Not Stealing http://www.mac-talks.com/34990/apple/apples-corporate-imitators-are-borrowing-not-stealing/ http://www.mac-talks.com/34990/apple/apples-corporate-imitators-are-borrowing-not-stealing/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:31:06 +0000 Mike Elgan http://www.cultofmac.com/?p=144511 Apple’s recent quarterly earnings demonstrated insane success. As a result, failing companies like Sony and J.C. Penny have suddenly reorganized their missions to copy Apple. Unfortunately, they will fail, because they don’t understand why Apple succeeds.  Why Apple Succeeds  Apple earned $46.3 billion dollars in the last quarter of 2011. And of that $13.1 billion was [...]


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