<story><title>Microsoft Is Worth as Much as Apple. How Did That Happen?</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/technology/microsoft-apple-worth-how.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cwyers</author><text>Yes, how is it that a company that&amp;#x27;s been around as long that&amp;#x27;s a market leader or second place in a large number of market segments can be so valuable? Truly, it&amp;#x27;s mysterious.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ido</author><text>The real funny thing is that at first I wasn&amp;#x27;t sure if they were surprised &lt;i&gt;MS&lt;/i&gt; is so valuable or &lt;i&gt;Apple&lt;/i&gt; is so valuable.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;someone who remembers MS being the most valuable company in the world &amp;amp; Apple being on the brink of bankruptcy&lt;/i&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Microsoft Is Worth as Much as Apple. How Did That Happen?</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/technology/microsoft-apple-worth-how.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cwyers</author><text>Yes, how is it that a company that&amp;#x27;s been around as long that&amp;#x27;s a market leader or second place in a large number of market segments can be so valuable? Truly, it&amp;#x27;s mysterious.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>turc1656</author><text>I know, right?  I was always wondering how it could be that a company which has virtually every single large corporation licencing its OS and Office products on a recurring basis, not to mention an increasing number of cloud services&amp;#x2F;storage, web servers, programming tools, and database tools could have eclipsed a company which has one main product that requires constant innovation to keep people buying.</text></comment>