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Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO
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Respect shouldn't need big fences or winding driveways. It should be given freely to all as you would expect it be given to you.
That's not just any wheelchair. It's an iWheelchair, it has a built-in Blu-ray player, and wait until it hits the Apple Stores.
Quit with the lamentations already. Steve is going nowhere. At the speed of light.
Sure, but tell that to the paparazzi who might make thousands off each picture.
Perhaps we need laws against selling photos taken of anyone on their own property.
Steve Jobs and DNA
Before we forget entirely about Steve Jobs, let's please be reminded of some of the things he brought us, starting with privacy, which is clearly a constutionalist and "Tea bagger" (derogatory term used by D) thing despite his liberal leanings. In fact one might even be so bold as to call Steve Jobs a "little L" liberal. Accurately.
http://video.allthingsd.com/video/s...-privacy/0C882D81-DD73-4013-ADDF-4A7D35FA98E3
Rocketman
Before we forget entirely about Steve Jobs, let's please be reminded of some of the things he brought us, starting with privacy, which is clearly a constutionalist and "Tea bagger" (derogatory term used by D) thing despite his liberal leanings. In fact one might even be so bold as to call Steve Jobs a "little L" liberal. Accurately.
http://video.allthingsd.com/video/s...-privacy/0C882D81-DD73-4013-ADDF-4A7D35FA98E3
Rocketman
Oh please Steve Jobs has been well known for his Marxist views. It is ironic that such a Marxist helped Apple accrue $80 billion in cash. In a sense, the ultimate capitalist in practice.
And democratic / constitutional views.
$90B
His views are "American".
On the way to $200B.
Mere Rocketman
Where did you get $90B from? They announced $76 billion at the end of July. By now they might be up to $81B going by the previous quarter performance. $200B is a definite possibility within 4 years.
Poll: What would happen to Apple after Steve Jobs officially resigns?
Poll: What would happen to Apple after Steve Jobs officially resigns? - http://goo.gl/1QySI
Poll: What would happen to Apple after Steve Jobs officially resigns? - http://goo.gl/1QySI
Hmmm. $81B vs $90B. That feels like a discrepency.
Time to buy AAPL (It's a stock certificate).
what does everyone here think of this Steve Jobs article?
http://www.technologyblogged.com/apple/steve-jobs-a-man-with-an-extraordinary-vision-legacy
http://www.technologyblogged.com/apple/steve-jobs-a-man-with-an-extraordinary-vision-legacy
Apple Inc. pays their PR flacks more than any other company in existence, and HAS more PR flacks than any other company in existence. And more boilerrooms "handling" "public" "opinion" on the web in perpetuity than even Obama Inc. during election years.
And as far as conservatives arguing with progressives over the man's politics, it's blatantly obvious that any progressive leanings the man had at the beginning of his life were completely obliterated by the fascist dictator the man became at the end, attempting to destroy competition, former allies, and anyone and everyone who didn't share his "vision" for an arguable "future" far, far, far away, and far, far, far from a utopia for anyone BUT Apple, Inc. and certainly not for Apple's established base of highend pro users.
Chasing success is one thing; monopoly, another. Empire? Another animal altogether.
TRUE Christian churches never stockpile weapons, and benign corporations don't stockpile cash. Certainly not more than governments. Even well-earned paranoia, unless cured by removing its cause, only begets suicide. Just as churches shouldn't be arming themselves in the first place, Apple shouldn't be trying to force its way on the world, and even its own base. Force is force is force. Give people options and let THEM decide.
And quit spending millions to TELL them what they think. I don't care IF everyone else IS doing it, when Apple does it BETTER they are going down a very dark path. Without outside interference or a miracle from within, capitalism is the larval stage of fascism. All one has to do is look at Apple Inc. under Steve Jobs.
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Oh my. I'm a prophet.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/apples-cook-faces-first-flap-over-lost-iphone-5/57246
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/apples-cook-faces-first-flap-over-lost-iphone-5/57246
Oh my. I'm a prophet.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/apples-cook-faces-first-flap-over-lost-iphone-5/57246
Uh, you know that SFPD has walked back the original statement and may go even further over the holiday weekend during the slow news cycle?
Uh, no, but I'm not surprised. Wonder how much THAT cost Apple.
Probably the Sudetenland.
Sneaking in Godwin's law through the back door?
Wow, you are a bitter, bitter soul. Pitiable.
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If this has not been all ready linked:
An exellent article in Newsweek: American Genius, Steve Jobs, How He Drove Apple to Victory, How He Changed Our World
Take that Microsoft!
An exellent article in Newsweek: American Genius, Steve Jobs, How He Drove Apple to Victory, How He Changed Our World
Take that Microsoft!
And they'll tell if the media stops buying we'll stop taking.
The media will tell you that if sales stop spiking if those images on the cover we'll stop using them.
Which brings us back to individual making the choice.
If this has not been all ready linked:
An exellent article in Newsweek: American Genius, Steve Jobs, How He Drove Apple to Victory, How He Changed Our World
Take that Microsoft!
Nice that part of the turtlenecked overlord's legacy is wholesale tax evasion... Oh, and there's that issue of off-shore profits as well...
Should those boxes say:
- designed in California
- made in China
- profits hidden in Nevada and around the world
- made in China
- profits hidden in Nevada and around the world
You mean Tax Avoidance, which is a bit more legal, and I would imagine quite common for large corporations.
Besides, the article itself says the following;
Funny thing is, Microsoft does all of it's software licensing out of Reno Nevada. A city that does not charge taxes for software licenses (according to this 2009 article).
It is different than hosting bank accounts, but has the same effect, saving the host company some money in taxation.
And here I thought you wouldn't take the opportunity to bash Apple.
Don't fault Apple for playing the game under the current rules. All companies do it and have a responsibility to their shareholders to do so.
Our tax laws suck. That's the problem, not companies playing the game.
good points
Good points, and a nice subtle distinction between "avoidance" and "evasion".
So, fair to say that "Apple is as bad as Microsoft"?
And here I thought you wouldn't take the opportunity to bash Apple.
Don't fault Apple for playing the game under the current rules. All companies do it and have a responsibility to their shareholders to do so.
Our tax laws suck. That's the problem, not companies playing the game.
Good points, and a nice subtle distinction between "avoidance" and "evasion".
So, fair to say that "Apple is as bad as Microsoft"?
Nope. They are far better. Furthermore the CEO has not bought into the Gates/Buffett plan to "give" their assets to a "Foundation" run by their relatives and friends for a fee, to do some nebulus public good goal to escape any and all capital losses.Good points, and a nice subtle distinction between "avoidance" and "evasion".
So, fair to say that "Apple is as bad as Microsoft"?
Does anybody here offhand remember the portion of non-profits that have to go the goal and the remainder can be overhead? Last I checked it was around 35%.
Rocketman
AS, contact me offline to get a court order supportive of your questionable civil rights goals. Questionable to the majority, the the reason for a constitution and the protection of minorities BTW.