https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/08/27/check-out-419/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/08/27/check-out-419/#comment-26955 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:52:06 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=14686#comment-26955 Decline of E-Empires: As the saying goes, “Even a blind hog roots up an acorn now and then.” But not this time. Krugman, true to form, knows not of what he speaks. Only socialists ever thought Microsoft was a monopoly. The simply fact is that Apple has never been more than a niche product in the computer world compare to PCs. Apple’s success under Jobs second tour (Notice he was an abject failure the first time as CEO trying to outdo Microsoft on their turf; anybody remember the Lisa?)was in non-computer products–iPod, iPhone, and iPad. But all these are are now commodities. All e-empires, Microsoft, Apple, Samsung, Google, Amazon, et.al. await for the next technology breakthrough. Then, until the Lord returns, the cycle will spiral forward again with old and new companies, with winners and losers.

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