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Thanks for the heads-up.
With the information that you provided, I will hereby avoid meeting bloggers in person as my nose is a bit sensitive to strong odors.
I wanted to go to school to get a business degree, but after reading your snobby and conceited posts I seriously am reconsidering if it's the right thing for me.
You keep trying to make a point that because most people on this board don't own shares in Apple that they don't know what they or saying or that their opinion is null. Bud, since you "(PART) OWN" this company, these people are your paying customers. They're the ones making you money, yet you're speaking so lowly of them, as if you expect this site and forum to be some highly business-focused resource and discussion board for investors. I thought businesses were about providing for their customers; maybe I am misunderstood, and if so, I probably should start planning a different career path.
The people who would "die" to work for this company are the people who love the company for the products they make and for the job they would perform, not the stock. There are people who would like to get out of bed everyday and be happy to go to work doing what they love rather than worry about how the stock for their company is performing. People who would kill for a job at Apple aren't all in it for the good paycheck; they just want to do what they love at a company for which they have high respect. The world isn't all about money or economics.
As former SF Giants pitcher Mike Krukow would say, "grab some pine, meat."
I buy Apple products too.
Whether you like it or not, the primary responsibility of Apple Inc. is to increase shareholder value. End of discussion. If you can't accept that, then forget about B-school. I pointed out that AAPL shareholders have a considerably different perspective about how Apple runs its business.
I realize that human beings are emotional creatures and that money/economics don't influence every single spending decision, but by in large, a quite a few commenters here would really benefit from at least reading Apple's SEC filings.
Why?
Because people here like to comment about how Apple runs its business. If more people read Apple's SEC statements, we'd have some higher quality discussion about reasonable directions for Apple to take based current successes, potential opportunities, etc.
If you want to go to B-school, you will need to learn all of this stuff. Trust me: Apple is a B-school case study of what not to do (late-Eighties/early-Nineties) and what to do (post 2000).
You figure out what you want from your education.
If you don't like what you're reading here, forget B-school. Go get an art degree. That's what I have. I'm proud I have it, but shareholders care about quarterly earnings statements, not my effing degree.
Oh, you don't need to go to B-school to learn about business. Steve Jobs doesn't have a college degree. Neither does Larry Ellison. Nor Bill Gates.
If you want to blog about Apple and not do your laundry (as PatrickCocoa here claims), be our guest.
But keep buying those Apple products. Thanks!
In order to increase their shareholder value don't they have to perform well? In order to perform well don't they need to have good sales numbers? If people don't like what Apple is doing, they will eventually get fed up and buy other products. Why do business base their decisions on what is known to already be successful and what is known to not be successful? The people that are giving them their money are right here telling them what they want, how they want it, when they want it. Do you really expect the average person do be able to read SEC filings and be able to understand it?
I'm not a blogger, by the way. And I did spent some time at an art school; thought I'd like the business aspect better, but I guess my perception of that was totally wrong. I don't know what to do now. Life sucks...
But keep buying those Apple products. Thanks! -- You say that as if I'm locked into buying Apple products. I'm due for a new phone soon and I have seriously considered other options. I'm not one of those people who strictly have to buy from Apple. At one point I loved everything Apple put out, but lately it seems they are pushing OS X aside, and compared to Windows 7, it looks out-dated (and lets face it, people are going to judge a book by its cover) and even the essentials like the Finder pale in comparison to Windows Explorer (even when I switched 3 years ago I couldn't believe how limited the Finder was). I can't continue to be fed what they want to feed me.
Sorry for pressing you. I'm not trying to pick a fight. I want to understand where you're coming from, but I can't.
I'm not a blogger, by the way. And I did spent some time at an art school; thought I'd like the business aspect better, but I guess my perception of that was totally wrong. I don't know what to do now. Life sucks...
But keep buying those Apple products. Thanks! -- You say that as if I'm locked into buying Apple products. I'm due for a new phone soon and I have seriously considered other options. I'm not one of those people who strictly have to buy from Apple. At one point I loved everything Apple put out, but lately it seems they are pushing OS X aside, and compared to Windows 7, it looks out-dated (and lets face it, people are going to judge a book by its cover) and even the essentials like the Finder pale in comparison to Windows Explorer (even when I switched 3 years ago I couldn't believe how limited the Finder was). I can't continue to be fed what they want to feed me.
Sorry for pressing you. I'm not trying to pick a fight. I want to understand where you're coming from, but I can't.
Leo LaPort at TWiT.TV did this with a Macbook's built in camera during the intro for the iPad. He said the Apple people were looking real funny at him when he had his Mac turned around so it's camera was taking in the event. He was streaming live at the time. It wasn't the best picture but he said the stream went viral especially in Japan. He also said he isn't going to be invited back because of it.
MacRumors live stream got hacked and people were typing in a bunch of nonsense, such as "Steve died".
Jobs knows that Apple Inc.'s primary responsibility is to its shareholders, not to little fanbois, nor to people like you or me.
As a matter of fact, based on Apple's financial performance over the past 5-10 years, I think Jobs has reacted better than any other S&P 500 CEO during that time.
I will agree with you that money isn't everything. You definitely nailed that one!
I don't know if you realize this but everybody who reads your posts laughs at you. I wonder how many posts you have that don't have the word "shareholder" in them. You probably only have one share anyways.
You're like that little kid who triumphantly learned how to go to the bathroom on his own for the first time and wants the whole world to know. LOL, OWNED!
One would think we would have video by now then I started wondering, everything that streams live is flash based. Is this why? Then of course there is the 5 day waiting period to watching it as so many are trying to watch the big bulky QuickTime. Sigh.
Completely Off Topic
Just to put you into perspective - your short-sighted view on business is the reason for world's demise.
The focus on QUARTERLY DEVELOPMENT in shareholder value is nothing but complete and utter rubbish. But you and your business school sheep keep spinning this market around with bubbles - and you don't care. You make money off the foolish ones, trusting the NYSE to earn some nice long term money.
So the power of foolish money has put every aspect of reason out of your mind.
So, to swing back to this topic, don't debate with people like me (who loved Apple computers and now are quite ambiguous about current development) about our sentiments, what Apple should do.
I for one could give a f*** about the iPhone and all it has brought us. I am completely disgusted, that Apple sells us sub-par quality media through their iTunes store - but it uses their hardware monopoly to force us into it. I HATE the word APP right now. Go to the loo - oh, yeah, there's an APP for that.
Apple's long term strategy, and this is what you as investor should care about, is to become the media hub of this century. They will design more sophisticated consumption devices, so that you pay them for consumption again.
They will know you by your Apple ID and use whatever data they generate to cater you with specific ads. You think Genius is a recommendation tool? No, it's clever advertisment so you buy more songs! GENIUS!
Apple's long term strategy is about being a user data monopoly - and they are making giant steps towards it. They are getting all your personal info, they are getting your location data (think about buying GPS-equipped Apple stuff) and they are profiling your media consumption. You think, they will succeed?
Well, doen't matter. Short term they have at least two generations of iPhone and two spin-off devices from the iPod to sell. Next two years will see record-breaking quarters.
This years WWDC will be very interesting, as we will find out, if Apple still relies on their computer sales strategy. The current strategy is if you want to develop for the new iDevices, you have to have a Mac with the latest XCode. That's why they currently sell computers like hotcakes.
And I for one will even buy more stock options than I currently have, because I see Apple topping the 400 next Christmas.
But this has nothing to do with my frustration and my disappointment, that I have yet to receive one last thing, that gets me to buy a Mac again. 10.7 better be previewed and better offer something real cool, because - well - Macs lost a lot of their appeal.
So congrats to you, Einstein, for finding another short-term investment, that's really worth it.
As former SF Giants pitcher Mike Krukow would say, "grab some pine, meat."
I buy Apple products too.
Whether you like it or not, the primary responsibility of Apple Inc. is to increase shareholder value. End of discussion. If you can't accept that, then forget about B-school. I pointed out that AAPL shareholders have a considerably different perspective about how Apple runs its business.
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If you want to go to B-school, you will need to learn all of this stuff. Trust me: Apple is a B-school case study of what not to do (late-Eighties/early-Nineties) and what to do (post 2000).
If you don't like what you're reading here, forget B-school. Go get an art degree. That's what I have. I'm proud I have it, but shareholders care about quarterly earnings statements, not my effing degree.
(...)
Just to put you into perspective - your short-sighted view on business is the reason for world's demise.
The focus on QUARTERLY DEVELOPMENT in shareholder value is nothing but complete and utter rubbish. But you and your business school sheep keep spinning this market around with bubbles - and you don't care. You make money off the foolish ones, trusting the NYSE to earn some nice long term money.
So the power of foolish money has put every aspect of reason out of your mind.
So, to swing back to this topic, don't debate with people like me (who loved Apple computers and now are quite ambiguous about current development) about our sentiments, what Apple should do.
I for one could give a f*** about the iPhone and all it has brought us. I am completely disgusted, that Apple sells us sub-par quality media through their iTunes store - but it uses their hardware monopoly to force us into it. I HATE the word APP right now. Go to the loo - oh, yeah, there's an APP for that.
Apple's long term strategy, and this is what you as investor should care about, is to become the media hub of this century. They will design more sophisticated consumption devices, so that you pay them for consumption again.
They will know you by your Apple ID and use whatever data they generate to cater you with specific ads. You think Genius is a recommendation tool? No, it's clever advertisment so you buy more songs! GENIUS!
Apple's long term strategy is about being a user data monopoly - and they are making giant steps towards it. They are getting all your personal info, they are getting your location data (think about buying GPS-equipped Apple stuff) and they are profiling your media consumption. You think, they will succeed?
Well, doen't matter. Short term they have at least two generations of iPhone and two spin-off devices from the iPod to sell. Next two years will see record-breaking quarters.
This years WWDC will be very interesting, as we will find out, if Apple still relies on their computer sales strategy. The current strategy is if you want to develop for the new iDevices, you have to have a Mac with the latest XCode. That's why they currently sell computers like hotcakes.
And I for one will even buy more stock options than I currently have, because I see Apple topping the 400 next Christmas.
But this has nothing to do with my frustration and my disappointment, that I have yet to receive one last thing, that gets me to buy a Mac again. 10.7 better be previewed and better offer something real cool, because - well - Macs lost a lot of their appeal.
So congrats to you, Einstein, for finding another short-term investment, that's really worth it.
Last years WWDC there was a video stream and also an audio stream from the event. And the iPad event had multiple live streams so it is highly likely this event will be streamed. To those saying it will be spotty, last years lasted the whole 2 hours without any drop outs.
WWDC wasn't officially live last year was it?
I figure they don't show it live for two reasons: it increases press desire to attend in person and it lets them edit any mishaps that might occur. There's lots of protest groups who would love to interupt a globally live streamed Apple keynote to get press attention.
I figure they don't show it live for two reasons: it increases press desire to attend in person and it lets them edit any mishaps that might occur. There's lots of protest groups who would love to interupt a globally live streamed Apple keynote to get press attention.
You own some stock, I'm happy for you. I agree that way too many people on this forum don't keep in mind that Apple is after all a business; but your posts on "creating shareholder wealth" etc seems a little bit naive and patronising. For a public company this is number one priority whoever you are. Yeah, yeah Apple invests in the highest profit-margin products it can. It's true, but what company doesn't go for that if they can?
That said, I agree with you that people on here should relate to everything in a business context. SJ isn't god, and posts like "Apple doesn't care about what people want" are annoying and ridiculous. 2 cents.
As former SF Giants pitcher Mike Krukow would say, "grab some pine, meat."
I buy Apple products too.
Whether you like it or not, the primary responsibility of Apple Inc. is to increase shareholder value. End of discussion. If you can't accept that, then forget about B-school. I pointed out that AAPL shareholders have a considerably different perspective about how Apple runs its business.
I realize that human beings are emotional creatures and that money/economics don't influence every single spending decision, but by in large, a quite a few commenters here would really benefit from at least reading Apple's SEC filings.
Why?
Because people here like to comment about how Apple runs its business. If more people read Apple's SEC statements, we'd have some higher quality discussion about reasonable directions for Apple to take based current successes, potential opportunities, etc.
If you want to go to B-school, you will need to learn all of this stuff. Trust me: Apple is a B-school case study of what not to do (late-Eighties/early-Nineties) and what to do (post 2000).
You figure out what you want from your education.
If you don't like what you're reading here, forget B-school. Go get an art degree. That's what I have. I'm proud I have it, but shareholders care about quarterly earnings statements, not my effing degree.
Oh, you don't need to go to B-school to learn about business. Steve Jobs doesn't have a college degree. Neither does Larry Ellison. Nor Bill Gates.
If you want to blog about Apple and not do your laundry (as PatrickCocoa here claims), be our guest.
But keep buying those Apple products. Thanks!
People don't mind looking at the situation from a business perspective from time to time. What they do mind is that you seem to have some requirement in every post you make to point out that you own Apple stock, in some kind of dick-swinging manner. Then, when somebody gets sick of it and points it out to you, you start talking about how buying stock is easy and shareholders this and brokerages that, when all they wanted you to do was provide some kind of insight or opinion instead of what I can only assume is you attempting to show off.
Bring something useful to the table other than "I bought AAPL, you are all now my minions" and people might have a modicum of respect for what you have to say.
There are so many predictions this year and so many Apple products that are overdue for updating. How about a three hour keynote?
I agree with just about everything you said other than the fanboy comment
Urban Dictionary: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fanboi
I don't like it but he is not 100% wrong for spelling it that way
This may not be the right place to ask this, but, OK. Dumb question. This will be my 4th iPhone and I seem to screw up the setup everytime. Is it best to just sync the new phone to iTunes or do you "restore" from your last backup? My contacts, etc. will sync through MobileMe so that is not a problem; and tunes, movies, etc will sync right in. But I want to be sure all my Apps will retain the data that they contained in the 3GS. Any advice?