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Re:Research at Google by rimantas on Monday November 11, 2013 @01:58AM (#6710341)
Apple makes software mainly to sell hardware. Does Nike make shoes in their HQ?
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Re:Research at Google by adventured on Monday November 11, 2013 @02:11AM (#6710388)
This is not correct.

Steve Jobs: "Apple views itself as a software company"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEeyaAUCyZs

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Re:Research at Google by gwu78 on Monday November 11, 2013 @04:38PM (#6714239)
Does Apple's view of Apple matter more than an objective view of Apple?

The Apple Store sure sells a lot of hardware - proprietary hardware, no less - for a "software" company.

How much software in the App Store is written by Apple?

A "software" company that writes software that only runs on its own proprietary, tamper-resistant hardware?

A "software" company that sues competitors not on software copyright infringement but on hardware design patent infringement?

Apple might view itself as a software company, but I am quite certain they are still a hardware company. If they were to only sell software and stop selling hardware, then I believe their business would fail.

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