We Speak with MSNBC About Apple vs. Microsoft

MegatonApps president Casey Ayers sat down recently with MSNBC.com’s Bill Briggs to share his thoughts regarding the differences between Microsoft and Apple at this critical inflection point in the history of both companies.  You can find the full article here. A few excerpts follow below:

“The difference between the two companies is that Apple has been fearless about transformational change while Microsoft has been reluctant to leave its past behind,” said Casey Ayers, president of MegatonApps in Jacksonville, Fla. His company soon will release its first iPad app, “Multitaskers” which includes a calculator, ruler, lantern, stopwatch and five more functions.

“Microsoft has always been loath to change and risk alienating some of its customers, but its inability to leave the past behind has left their product line bloated and dysfunctional,” Ayers said. “Yet iPhone completely changed the mobile space forever. Apple doesn’t blink at making unpopular decisions if it believes they will result in a better end product. … It’s just a matter of time now before Apple blows past Microsoft’s market cap.”

So while Apple cheered its opening weekend of iPad sales, what wish Microsoft should have made when it blew out its birthday candles Sunday?

“More than anything, Microsoft’s birthday wish should be for fearless leadership,” said app maker Ayers. “Without someone at the top who feels an urgency to constantly innovate in meaningful ways, Microsoft will shrink and become less relevant with each birthday to come.”