Sunday, May 06, 2012

Why Apple Won by Betting Against the Web - Mashable - Sarah Kessler -Roger McNamee, the managing director and co-founder of venture capital firm Elevation Partners, has a theory about how Apple became the biggest U.S. technology growth story of all time: “The thing that made Apple successful was betting against the web,” he said on stage at Mashable Connect Friday. While Google adopted the cultural norms of the wired web by making its mobile operating system free and commoditizing content, Apple changed the game by keeping a closed system, focusing on brands and enabling paid apps.



http://mashable.com/2012/05/06/apple-bet-against-web/

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