08-22-2020, 09:13 PM
https://www.cultofmac.com/442877/apple-h...oogle-ipo/
August 19, 2004: Google floats its initial public offering on the stock market. Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin turn into instant billionaires as the Google IPO cements the company’s status as a tech giant.
Relations between Google and Apple are good at the time, with Steve Jobs serving as a mentor to the company’s two young founders, and Google’s Eric Schmidt soon to join Apple’s board of directors. However, the peace won’t last long.
The Google IPO: Birth of a major rivalry
Looking back at Google’s war with Apple, what strikes me are the similarities to the Microsoft-versus-Apple feud of the 1980s and ’90s.
n both cases, the companies started off as friends. The heads of Cupertino’s eventual foes at first deeply admired Jobs and Apple. Later, both Microsoft and Google eventually took on Apple directly with a rival product (Windows for Microsoft, Android for Google). In both cases, that product proved vastly inferior initially. However, both gained ground due to openness and the products’ ability to be used by multiple hardware-makers.
August 19, 2004: Google floats its initial public offering on the stock market. Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin turn into instant billionaires as the Google IPO cements the company’s status as a tech giant.
Relations between Google and Apple are good at the time, with Steve Jobs serving as a mentor to the company’s two young founders, and Google’s Eric Schmidt soon to join Apple’s board of directors. However, the peace won’t last long.
The Google IPO: Birth of a major rivalry
Looking back at Google’s war with Apple, what strikes me are the similarities to the Microsoft-versus-Apple feud of the 1980s and ’90s.
n both cases, the companies started off as friends. The heads of Cupertino’s eventual foes at first deeply admired Jobs and Apple. Later, both Microsoft and Google eventually took on Apple directly with a rival product (Windows for Microsoft, Android for Google). In both cases, that product proved vastly inferior initially. However, both gained ground due to openness and the products’ ability to be used by multiple hardware-makers.
