Well, here’s a new way of attacking your competitor: Acer founder Stan Shih, in a talks with reporters on September 8, commented that Apple’s strong popularity is mainly due to its products such as iPad and iPhone, and these products are like mutant viruses, which are difficult to find a cure for in the short-term, but he believes that PC vendors will eventually find a way to isolate Apple and become immune, reports “DigiTimes” (http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20100909PD210.html).
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has always been looking for revolution, while other PC brands evolved naturally and are developing products in a more solid way, he adds. But based on the historical experience, a market that evolves naturally will always turn out to be much stronger, Shih predicts.
To be fair, he did praise Apple’s creativity and innovation, especially its highly integrated hardware and software and its completely established online application store and believes its strategy should be a good example for PC brands to learn from, notes “DigiTimes.”