Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says Apple iPhone has no chance of gaining big market share
Microsoft CEO and Apple enthusiast!! Steve Ballmer is continuing his Apple bashing this week. He states that the Apple iPhone is far to late to market and he would prefer to have 60% of phones using his software that 1-3% market share which he predicts Apple will get.
He does however see the iPhone making a lot of money for Apple and give them a lot of credit for spotting a huge opportunity in the iPod and dominating the music player market. He does however feel there is room from other MP3 players and the Zune.
“There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance,” Ballmer said. “It’s a $500 subsidized item. They may make a lot of money. But if you actually take a look at the 1.3 billion phones that get sold, I’d prefer to have our software in 60% or 70% or 80% of them, than I would to have 2% or 3%, which is what Apple might get.”