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Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months by kaolinite on Friday August 23, 2013 @10:58AM (#6263981)
How on earth is Apple TV a failure? It's a product they don't really seem to care about and they have the majority marketshare[1] (in 2012) and have been selling millions of the things each year.

They have had failures though, of course. Ping was another, for example.

[1] http://9to5mac.com/2013/07/16/report-at-56-apple-tv-takes-ma...

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Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months by nailer on Friday August 23, 2013 @12:27PM (#6264572)
Apple TV should be replacing cable set top boxes, the same way iTunes replaced music stores. It has yet to do that (Netflix has gotten closer than Apple has though).
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Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months by kaolinite on Friday August 23, 2013 @04:10PM (#6265985)
It seems like they're moving towards it. They've been signing deals with cable companies and hiring people related to TV. It's certainly not an easy process, especially as people in TV are wary of Apple.
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