The New Yardstick: If You’re Not Apple, You Lose
Companies were afraid of Microsoft in the 90s. If they decided to enter your space, you'd be out of business, if you weren't lucky enough to be bought by them. That's not the case anymore. In this sense, Apple is the Microsoft of this decade.
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