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Quote: Originally Posted by newbee Steve has already stated many times that he and others at Apple don't "do this for the money", . Don't believe a word he says. This example should be plenty enough to convince you that he is full of shit.
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd Not what I said. Since Apple does not pay a dividend there is no profit earned per share of Apple stock, therefore the shareholders dont profit. Please look up the word in a dictionary.
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd well they are not getting any dividends, so maybe they should stop getting "ripped off" and go elsewhere. There are large gaps in your understanding. The meanings of words seem to throw you down dead-end pat…
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd The question I was answering was this: Is Apple's goal to make profits. Since it doesnt pay dividends it's goal is not to make profits. Fer chrissakes crack open a dictionary.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Prof. Peabody "Profit above all else" is a vapid, fascist philosophy that would ruin the world if businesses actually followed it. But he never advocated that. Maximization of profits within the bounds of the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_treaty Good example. Notably, however, you identify an event, and not a system.
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Quote: Originally Posted by ijoyner No, competition is not a necessity for good outcomes - rather cooperation is the key. Competition is just a dubious motivation technique. Cooperation is ethical. Raw competition is unethical and must be boun…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ijoyner If Apple were only about maximizing total profits, they would have given up on Mac and OS X and just converted to becoming another Windows all-so-ran. Wrong. They believe that their current strategy will yi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin Obviously if those people were working on a project then they'd have some sort of proof that the idea was being worked on regardless of wealth. Even if the project needed funding to start, evidence of funding pr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin I had a Flash ad sucking up 100% CPU and all I did was go into the activity monitor and force quit the plugin and it changes all Flash areas in the whole browser to the blue lego block. If you reload a page with…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin It would be nice if this happened to patent-squatters too. If you don't show an implementation of your idea within a reasonable time-frame then someone else can use it freely. One result of that would be that…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage That's not at all what I was suggesting. I am saying that the consumers choice of handset now drives the market instead of the consumers choice of carrier. C. That is because in the old days, many mor…
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Quote: Originally Posted by FreeRange Newtron, will you STFU - you are polluting this site with your ignorant rants. Chill out and get a life. I will not report this sort of thing. I ignore it instead.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage Right now, they need to return to a level of profitability commensurate with a company with the world's largest market share rather than a level of profitability comparable to an Alaskan Koran salesman. T…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H I think it's more precisely stated as maximum profit not being Apple's primary focus. Steve has gone on record several times (interviews, speeches etc.) that Apple focusses on making great products, and profit is…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Capnbob Maybe Moto could afford to buy you a clue. brantdevlin asked how profitable Moto was. I gave some facts. Sorry about that.
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Quote: Originally Posted by FreeRange You obviously understand nothing about Apple, marketing or business! Apple's goal is not maximum profits, In that case, the stockholders are getting ripped off.
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd Is there much point in actually repeating what I said back to me? Let me repeat. The profit motive does not drive Apple's shareholder because they do not get to see any profit - the company does not pay divid…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider One truck featured a sign bragging, "Windows Phone 7 OS Platform buries the competition." In doing so, Microsoft takes its place in a long line of products that were billed as "iPhone killers." Pathe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by asdasd it is safe to assume that the profit motive - ... - is not what drives either Apple, or it's shareholders. The profit motive does not drive Apple shareholders?