Isn't that true IBM is in the same boat?
It's not. IBM quite deliberately transitioned to making money off things that aren't hardware - services, software, etc.
Re:Oracle Finally Killed Sun
by richman777 on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @02:33PM
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I would argue that Apple's core competency isn't hardware but the Apple "experience". In the same way that Google uses search to sell ads, Apple uses the hardware it sells to sell everything that goes with it: music, iCloud, software, accessories, etc.
I didn't get the feeling that was the Sun business model, but I didn't follow it super closely.
Re:Oracle Finally Killed Sun
by ericfrederich on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @03:53PM
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Did you just say awesome software with a straight face?
Have you ever used iTunes or Safari?
Not sure how you come to that conclusion. Isn't that true IBM is in the same boat? Somehow it manages to do just fine. Apple is also a mainly hardware company with awesome software.
At the end of the day, it comes to management and leadership. Software or hardware is less irrelevant.