World War II All Over Again (Google vs. Apple)

Posted by messel on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @02:22PM
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http://vukicevic.blogspot.com/2009/08/world-war-ii-all-over-again-google-vs.html

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Re:World War II All Over Again (Google vs. Apple) by olefoo on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @03:37PM (#741933)

This metaphor does not map. Apple, Microsoft and Google all compete in some areas and cooperate in others. Applying a martial metaphor, especially attempting to map the players onto WWII is not illustrative or illuminating.

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Re:World War II All Over Again (Google vs. Apple) by VladVuki on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @03:51PM (#741974)

It's a playful representation of one key lesson.

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Re:World War II All Over Again (Google vs. Apple) by yread on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @03:30PM (#741917)

Yahoo is definetely the US! It joined the British and it's influence might be crucial

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Re:World War II All Over Again (Google vs. Apple) by VladVuki on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @04:00PM (#742004)

That could work - Yahoo is US, Microsoft is UK (and traditional Western Europe). AT&T could be Italy, Motorola is Eastern Europe. Nokia makes a lot of sense as Japan since they seem to have their own set of priorities but are kinda cooperating with Android (Google)...

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Re:World War II All Over Again (Google vs. Apple) by rawr on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @02:42PM (#741821)

Thank you for trivializing a war my grandfather fought in and died. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Just kidding. I'm still trying to figure out who Japan would be..

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Re:World War II All Over Again (Google vs. Apple) by VladVuki on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @03:41PM (#741944)

You scared me for a second. The Japan-equivalent is tough to figure out. Maybe HTC, Sony, Nokia...not sure yet.

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