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Nike Appoints Apple CEO Tim Cook as Lead Independent Director
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Guess Nike plans to stop releasing new models for the next 3 years 
. Nike watch bands incoming .
. Nike watch bands incoming .
And each of those Ford models in several colors and configurations. With all those SKUs, it's a wonder Ford is still in business.Apple has a lot of products because they are a mature company... reaching hundreds of millions of customers a year. And those customers have different tastes, needs and budgets.
It's a lot different than it was in 1997.
Why does Ford sell 17 different models? All they really need is a family sedan and a pickup truck.
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I put the odds of Apple being around in 150 years at 50-50.
Just bought a Surface Pro 4. Would have considered iPad Pro if it had mouse support!
What, you think this will get in the way of his schoomzing, and "political" work to make the world a better palace ? The Apple gig seems like a part-time job, and seems he has time for another part-time job.
What exactly is he busy doing ? At the Keynotes he looks lost and disconnected won't the announcements.
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Any company making powerful desktops using 2016 tech v Apple and Mac Pro.
Deadline at the moment .
I never understood the SKU argument.
If a car is available in 8 colors... that's not 8 different cars. It's still one car. Color is just an attribute.
People say the same thing about "too many" iPhone colors, capacities, carriers, etc. "OMG so many SKUs!"
Guess what... automated inventory systems keep track of the SKUs. All you need to do as a consumer is pick what you like.
Yes... there could literally be 100 different SKUs for a single model of car. Between colors, manual/automatic transmission, sunroof yes/no, leather/fabric interior, various stereo systems, different tire/wheel packages, etc. That's a lot of SKUs.
But none of that matters. You just go to the dealer and pick one you like.
lol sound like a woman buying a car . I want the red own....it looks nice .
Take the BMW 3 series, a lot of SKUs, that translate to a web of parts and associated support . Many of these parts are not interchangeable !
Your said product line. Mac Pro is a product line , and I can't think of a company that would want the trash can as thier Xeon workstation platform.
While being awesome, it's flawed in so many ways for a desktop
Apple has a lot of products because they are a mature company... reaching hundreds of millions of customers a year. And those customers have different tastes, needs and budgets.
It's a lot different than it was in 1997.
Why does Ford sell 17 different models? All they really need is a family sedan and a pickup truck.
Also, Jobs had to cut everything that was not vital because the company was in life support and could not afford inventory costs. Looks like people really struggle to grasp this simple concept.
I wish he would spent all his time improving Apple and that he would also keep Apple out of politics.
My point was... no one considers how many SKUs a car or phone comes in because it's not presented that way at the dealership or store.
You can narrow it down pretty quickly by moving through the different attributes.
And I believe color IS a big factor for choosing a car. Someone wants a red model... and then they choose among the red models on the lot that have the features they want.
Even in used cars... I know a family who wants a 2014-15 Cadillac Escalade ESV (the long one)
They were very few ESVs ever produced... and even fewer of them were in black.
But they insist on a black one.
I'd say color ranks up near the top in car-buying
It's interesting where continuously growing profits that are historically and worldwide record breaking, with the company becoming the number one most valued company while still being one of the top most admired ones too somehow doesn't translate to "getting the right results for shareholders".
I miss Scott.
If you wonder why executive pay constantly increases while pay for most workers remains stagnant even though worker productivity increases this is why. The Board of Directors, which decides compensation levels, is made up of other executive level employees. Who wouldn't vote to increase the compensation of other workers who do what you do? A rising tide lifts all boats after all. Plus they get to decide who is in the club. Shareholders should decide executive compensation. If my father, who owns his own business, couldn't decide the compensation level of the managers he hires but instead had to have it decided by a group made up of other mangers who worked at other company's he'd laugh out loud!!!! Everybody thinks they are worth more than what they are worth. As such executive compensation for publicly held companies is a joke in this country. Until shareholders get a binding vote on executive compensation this joke will remain. The owners should be making these decisions.
Steve Jobs was brilliant at running Pixar at the same time as NeXT/Apple. Tim is just not Steve Jobs in terms of having the vision. I am sure he is a great guy....just not what Apple needs as the visionary leader. He should just stick to politics and the other interests he has and let someone with real product passion run the company.
It kind of seems like people have this rather imaginative view of what a CEO is. Yes, Jobs happened to be more unique (partially because he was also the founder of it all), but that's basically really more of an exception than the rule. Perhaps that should be the case--in the sense that CEOs really should be these very passionate people about their companies and should be perfectionists and driving forces for products and services and basically everything that the company does--but that's not really the reality of it all.
I don't need to.... why would I need to? I'm not using for development. And cost was about 30% less while getting two in one device.