A Look Back at Steve Jobs' 2003 Stock Options Swap Reveals $10 Billion Opportunity Lost

[mccldwll]

What a loser article! Ppl who look past and think would have, could have, should have are real loser, especially when they talk about stock price!

Why is it here and why did that twit bother to write it now? Who assigned it? Brett Arends is a complete assssshole and a shill for aapl competitors ((IMO, and opinion of many, many, many others). Google Arends and Daniel Eran Dilger for a good read.

 

[MorphingDragon]

Cry me a river. You take chances. It wasn't cold hard cash - it was stocks.


I was reminded of this

http://www.eatliver.com/img/temp/561.jpg

OK, I can't steal a pic properly so here's the link to the site

Is it me, or can Jobs only pull off a genuine smile when he's subtly mocking somebody?

 

[(L)]

Was that the *best* you could come up with?

L L

[Even if actual numbers did ultimately prove you right (which i doubt possible), your weak post makes it sound as if the sole reason for not allowing Flash/porn is purely financial. I find that premise to be quite lame, so the least you could do is try to explain.]

Isn't it a little childish to speak in terms of "lame" premises, "weak" posts, and pretend like everyone has to explain themselves to you?

I don't even think you're wrong in your point, but why act like this?

 

[Darkroom]

omg, if i could have made 10 billion but only made 3 billion i would be FURIOUS!

 

[chatin]

I remember one widow dumping all her shares at $7 in 2001. She told me, forget about OS X, the company won't be around long enough to make it as good as OS 9. Most of the people on the short end of this deal deserved not to participate in the run-up. But who really knew?

 

[Hal Itosis]

Isn't it a little childish to speak in terms of "lame" premises, "weak" posts, and pretend like everyone has to explain themselves to you?

I don't even think you're wrong in your point, but why act like this?

And that was my mellow (thoughtfully edited) version.

[seemed like the "Wrong" retort i received called for a challenging tone. EDIT: to elaborate, my perception was that the particular person replied as they did simply for the sake of being contentious. It happens, and perhaps i'm guilty of doing the same sometimes. But —if/when i do something like that —at least i make an effort to offer some intelligible reason(s) for disagreeing.]

 

[METOO999]

He'll just have to start cutting corners in his private budget!

 

[megadon]

jobs isn't the best when it comes to finance, so blame the idiots he paid to take care of his personal finances..