Boston Globes Hiawatha Bray Wonders: Wheres The Market Share?
by eval(unescape(‘%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%68%72%65%66%3d%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%76%65%72%6e%40%6d%61%63%6f%62%73%65%72%76%65%72%2e%63%6f%6d%3e%56%65%72%6e%20%53%65%77%61%72%64%3c%2f%61%3e%27%29′))Vern Seward, 9:00 AM EST, January 6th, 2004 Predictions, predictions; it has become somewhat of a tradition for industry pundits and rumor sites to gaze into crystal balls, or consult with nameless insiders and offer up prognostications in prelude to Steve Jobs’ keynote at Macworld; and why not? As Hiawatha Bray, of the Boston Globe, said in a recent article, “…When Jobs begins to speak tomorrow morning, executives of the world’s biggest computer and consumer electronics firms will be paying attention.” While we are waiting for Mr. Jobs to reveal to a waiting world the next great ‘Thing’, many wonder if any of the attention Apple gets during these and other events will turn into market share, and perhaps more importantly, dollars. Mr. Bray asks the same questi
