“‘It’s a paradigm shift at the company,’ says Charles Wolf, an analyst at investment firm Needham & Co.
.and a longtime Apple watcher (who owns shares of Apple stock).
‘They are redefining what kind of company they are.’ Indeed, the release of iPod for Windows last August established the demarcation line in an extraordinary strategic change for Apple, a company that over the past two decades has steadfastly refused to loosen its control over the creation, manufacturing, or distribution of its products.”
