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Apple and the half a trillion dollar barrier, iOS developers like developing for iOS, and Microsoft decides to

answer the iPad on its own. It's Tuesday, June 19, 2012. I'm Ken Ray and

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This show is also supported by the MacOS Ken Podcast app for the iPhone, iPad, and is apparently an idea on Wall Street that a company with a market cap of $500 billion can't really grow much more.

So says Apple Insider. The piece that brings that up also has to peak a capital market's analyst

Brian White saying Apple is set to take that 500 billion dollar doubt

and cram it up its own tailpipe. The doubt's own tailpipe, not apples.

White says there have been tech companies in the past that would seem to prove the half a trillion dollar barrier,

companies like Microsoft, Cisco Systems, and Intel.

But they all owned a majority of their respective markets when they hit the $500 billion market cap.

White says Microsoft held over 90% market share for PC operating systems at the peak cap,

while Cisco had over 70% share in the networking market, and Intel had over 80% of the

PC processor market.

By comparison, says White I.C. estimates that Apple held just 4.7% of the PC market in the first quarter of 2012

and 8.8% share in the mobile phone market.

Sure, Apple owns tablets right now, but they kind of created that market. Sure, Apple owns tablets right now, but they kind of created that market and there is still plenty of

places to sell those tablets too.

In short, Apple has plenty of room to grow, which should, in the analyst's opinion, make the half a trillion

barrier no barrier at all.

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