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Daring Fireball: Apple Needs a Nikon
I’m tempted to quote in full. Go read it.
‘Unwelcoming’ US sees sharp fall in visitors since 9/11
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The number of foreign visitors to the United States has plummeted since the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington because foreigners don’t feel welcome, tourism professionals said Thursday.
“Since September 11, 2001, the United States has experienced a 17 percent decline in overseas travel, costing America 94 billion dollars in lost visitor spending, nearly 200,000 jobs and 16 billion dollars in lost tax revenue,” the Discover America advocacy campaign said in a statement.
Chairman Stevan Porter lamented the “extraordinary decline” in the number of overseas visitors to the United States, while the advocacy group’s executive director, Geoff Freeman, blamed the slump on the shabby welcome many foreigners feel they get in the United States.
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It’s interesting that Apple arguably has no credible competition and does as well as it does, whereas Microsoft sees threatening competitors in every shadowy corner (Lotus Notes! Netscape! Sony Playstation! iPod!), and continually wants to out-compete their potential future competitors–and this is to some extent what drives quality at Microsoft. I’ve long believed that the best way to improve the quality of Microsoft’s products is to generate some credible competition for them. You won’t succeed in your competition with MS, but their products will get better as a result.