“In April 2000, Cisco weighed in at $555.4 billion, Microsoft closed with a value of $541.6 billion. Microsoft was king of software and computing, whereas Cisco was king of networks and the Web’s infrastructure.”
That’s a quote from my first book Course To Success. When I wrote the book, both MSFT and CSCO had tumbled in value and GE stood tallest when measured in market capitalization.
Today the world leader is Exxon Mobil, with a staggering $459M market value.
But today, Google surpassed Cisco, briefly as its market cap touched $160B. But if we consider the line about “Microsoft was king of software and computing, whereas Cisco was king of networks and the Web’s infrastructure,” I wonder: Google is, what?
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