

Netgear Chairman and CEO Patrick Lo.  (Source: Toeman)
Says Apple will eventually lose out to the more open Android








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RE: Hmm
By VitalyTheUnknown on 1/31/2011 10:05:13 AM , Rating: 5
"Problem with android is that Google almost doesn't make a dime out of it. It uses only open stuff, and look where Linux is today."

Google's business model is selling Ad space to advertisers, google/android does not need to sell anything directly to consumers to have a lucrative and successful platform for developers, advertisers and consumers. Last time I checked their model makes a sh!t ton of money and android, chrome, Gmail etc. is a big part of it.

RE: Hmm
By Da W on 1/31/2011 11:07:37 AM , Rating: 3
Last time i checked google stock price hasn't come close to its 2007 peaks while Apple made 300% return. Their search brings in cash and grows about 20% a year but they spend and spend on many new things that doesn't give them a penny.

Also it is not impossible that google won't be the dominant search engine for all eternity.
And if it does, opponent could have a case of illigal bundling of products by making google the default search engine on their android devices. Microsoft in particular could argue such a case since they where precluded to bundle internet explorer by default with windows in Europe.

On an other note, Microsoft basicaly lost a decade (2000-2010) but is getting back up. Nobody gave them a chance with their Xbox going after dominant Sony and even nintendo, yet here they are. So i take any comment about microsoft is dead with a grain of salt.

RE: Hmm
By mcnabney on 1/31/2011 11:23:14 AM , Rating: 4
One of the core reasons that Apple stock is so high is because they have a ludicrously large pile of cash that is just sitting there. The investors want that cash to be paid out to shareholders as a dividend since Apple seems unlikely to spend it - probably because they would have to buy both GM and Ford to actually spend it all. Microsoft did a one-time dividend of their cash hoard back in the early 2000's.

That is the main reason that their P/E is so high. It is probably trading at about 30-40% over where it should actually be, based upon performance and earnings trends.


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