Apple Passes Microsoft to Become World's Most Valuable Technology Company

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Woo Hoo!

iPads for everyone!

Will in Seattle on May 26, 2010 at 12:31 PM

Depressing, but not surprising news.

I think back around the first iBooks in late summer 1999 — the clamshells — some of us knew this day would likely happen, that the iMac Internet Appliance was not a mere fluke. But I doubt we knew this day would happen all reverse-Ridley Scott style.

Telsa Grills on May 26, 2010 at 12:55 PM

An impressive achievement by whatever metric—S&P 500 rank doesn't tell the whole story (MSFTs full market cap is actually $275B), but I'm sure Jobs feels vindicated.

So, when do they start paying dividends?

Dougsf on May 26, 2010 at 1:07 PM

@3 When Steve Jobs needs them.

Will in Seattle on May 26, 2010 at 1:13 PM

Possible reasons for this have already been explored by another website. Jump to 1:30 to get to the point.

Knat on May 26, 2010 at 8:19 PM

I've been using Apple for 10yrs, will probably stop buying their products for several big reasons. So I'm not too familiar with Microsoft's products but I have not noticed them coming out with ANYTHING exciting in a very long time. Why not? Am I wrong?

i'm pro-science and i vote on May 27, 2010 at 1:23 AM

@6: Windows 7 is exciting in that it's more recent than XP but doesn't suck mule balls. And in the videogame department, apparently they've been tinkering with some full-body motion-capture device called Project Natal (pronounced nuh-TAL).

venomlash on May 27, 2010 at 7:35 AM