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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

Microsoft left the 20 th century owning over 95% of the operating systems that ran on computers (almost all on desktops). Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. the operating executives who reported to them believe it’s their turn to run the company (often with the blessing of the ex CEO).

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

Microsoft left the 20 th century owning over 95% of the operating systems that ran on computers (almost all on desktops). Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. the operating executives who reported to them believe it’s their turn to run the company (often with the blessing of the ex CEO).

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Debating the Tech Bubble with Steve Blank: Part I

Ben's Blog

Similarly, Google, well on its way to owning the dominant smart phone operating system and which maintains a near monopoly position in search, trades at a price/earnings (P/E) ratio (ex-cash) of around 13.7. Thirdly, the market is far bigger. In 1998, I was working at Netscape, which owned well over half of the browser market.

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Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?

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Legibility is concerned with the very fine details of typeface design, and in an operational context this usually means the ability to recognise individual letters or words. 2001 ; Tullis et al., 2000-2001 , Tullis et al., However, this has not been borne out by recent evidence ( Bernard, 2001 , Boyarski et al.,