In NASDAQ trading at 2pm today, Microsoft (MSFT) had a market value of $274.04 billion.
Double that and you get $548.08 billion.
Also at 2pm, the value of Apple (AAPL) was $549.22 billion or more than double the value of Microsoft.
Just look at what Steve Jobs hath wrought!
This milestone reminds us of a quote uttered by a confused man nearly 14 years ago:
What I can’t figure out is why he [Steve Jobs] is even trying [to be the CEO of Apple]? He knows he can’t win. – Bill Gates, June 1998
Smirk.
One more thing… Boom!
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I’ve been waiting for this day for 14 years!
I prayed this day would come. My prayers have been answered. This day has come and it is in fact… REAL! Surreal @ this point. Amen. God Bless Steve Jobs.
you mean, Steve Jobs bless God?
Because God is probably rocking an iDevice now 🙂 Who knows what steve has cooked up given the unlimited resources of Heaven….
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Made my day =P
I never imagined it was possible until the beginning of this year. Too bad Apple couldn’t hold that $549 market cap today.
Well, Friday iPad sales should lock it up when iPad queues stretch around the block. Grand Central Terminal will have an iPad Conga Line snaking around the interior.
14 mins to go and it’s back at $549B.
Maybe in monetary value. At Least a factor of 100 in usability and function
+10^3
another order of magnitude should take care of any rounding error!
Ballmer and his remaining right nut are doing all the right things at Microsoft. He’s not put a foot wrong since he took over the CEO’s role from Bill Gates in 2000. I can’t imagine anyone better running Microsoft right at this moment. The chair makers in Redmond thank their lucky stars every day he sits in the CEO’s office.
You probably haven’t noticed but Microsoft shares are continuing to rise (YTD 25%). Steve Ballmer said that Windows 7 sales were increasing and it certainly looks that way from the share price that Microsoft is laughing in Apple’s face.
An odd comment in the context of AAPL = 2x MSFT. Clearly, Microsoft is growing at nowhere near Apple’s rate. However much they may deserve and/or enjoy success, why in Dow Jones would their laughter be in Apple’s face??
No. They would pick on someone their own size.
Um, Apple’s YTD number is now around 45.6%. Are you using one those old Intel chips that couldn’t do math properly, or are you just stupid?
Congrulation Apple
Is that Microsoft Deathstar or Microdeath Softstar?
Note the not-so oblique Phideaux reference…
I guess we can stop thinking of Apple as the underdog….
Maybe… but this has been a sweeeeeert ride indeed. Vindication baby, vindication!!!!
People don’t realize that Steve won the PC wars. HP and Dell are doing whatever they can to exit PCs as gracefully as possible. Acer is trying to recover from their bet on netbooks. Lenovo makes less than $10 a PC. Those are the top-4 mfrs of PCs. If that is winning, I’m glad Apple is doing their own thing.
Yep. And all the Windows and Android fans continue to point to market share to belittle Apple…
BG has a point. That stupid corporate Monopoly and butt kissing IT/CIO Ms pawns are still in power. Too many of them are in power….gotta break that chain gang!
So bittersweet that SJ couldn’t see it.
Best that to move on, and up, with what we know…
“power to the people, right on…” – J. Lennon
“there is nothing more to fear, Miss Mina, Dracula is dead forever.” – Edward Van Sloane (1931)
Way to go Apple! We are very proud of you all. You are an inspiration to everyone around the world. We live in very exciting times right now and what you have accomplished here is simply legend! =)
Gates will have to live with that comment just like Dell has to live with his. Jobs won (and in a big way) fair and square and had the last laugh.
The bounty of all the years of knowing what is best is coming to fruition.
RIP Steve Jobs you are one of the greats!