Because of this system of capitalism.
Sony's competitor is LG
There are definitely differences in the companies. They are in constant competition with each other. One huge difference between the Microsoft and Apple organization cultures is secrecy. Apple has rumors fly about and Microsoft leaks previews of their stuff.
In what sense is Microsoft more successful than Apple? Apple has a revenue of $42.9 billion (2009 figure) compared to Microsoft's $40.2 billion (2010 figure). It is true that Microsoft is a larger company with 89,000 employees (Apple has 34,300 employees) but they are different companies doing different things which occasionally overlap but are not in direct competition. Apple produces a range of hardware - computers, phones, etc. that Microsoft does not. When they do operate in the same market, for example Apple's iPod and Microsoft's Zune, Apple is around 10 times more successful than Microsoft.
Microsoft is not an affiliate. They are in competition with each other. Microsoft plans on burying the competition and becoming bigger by purchasing one of the competition's competition.
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Apple has not once been part of Microsoft.
There are no forces militating against Microsoft, at least none have been disclosed as of now. However, there is a neck-to-neck competition going on between Microsoft and other leading competitors such as Apple and Google.
Apple works is not an oxymoron but Microsoft Works is.
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There was no lawsuit between Microsoft and Apple in 1985.
no because apple has diffrent software than micrsoft
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