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Quote: Originally Posted by some internet dude And when Google releases there desktop version, will Apple go out of business?. Pretty damn unlikely. Especially since the desktop has become such a minor part of Apple's business. In case yo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro it's much simpler than that. if you aren't using the smartphone features it's not out.? Yes, your reasoning is very simple. Rarely, however, is reality very simple.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro Well that could indicate a problem in actual market penetration then, wouldn't it? . It could. But it is totally and completely unreliable. Instead, use hard numbers. Facts. Stats. They are 100% reliabl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro I have yet to see any actual sales data on this. Only analysts making projections based on extrapolating Google reports of Android activations. And even with that the math doesn't work. Because Google is reporti…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JavaCowboy I've bought 3 Macs and 4 iPods over the last 10 years, so don't conclude that I'm an Apple basher. My wife recently switched from a BB to an iPhone at work. She hated the iPhone and switched to a Torch a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Steve-J Hey - What's up with the page numbering around here? Do you guys see a button for page 6 that takes you to page 5? I do. These admins screwing with the software again? Leave it alone, dudes. You just…
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Hey - What's up with the page numbering around here? Do you guys see a button for page 6 that takes you to page 5? I do. These admins screwing with the software again? Leave it alone, dudes. You just annoy the regs.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin What has Warren Buffet achieved? . He allocates capital so that it can be efficiently utilized. He creates great wealth and does good work. He likely achieves more in an hour then most of us will in a l…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jd_in_sb The people complaining here about it want a communist society instead of a capitalistic one. Some of them? Probably not. All of them? Most certainly not.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Wovel Well I fall squarely into that top 1% and I think the 18% Capital gains tax is absurd and unjustifiable. I have no guilt, I play plenty of taxes at that 18% rate and can guarantee you my life would not be any di…
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Quote: Originally Posted by WelshDog Some of these folks have stuck their necks out and installed huge Xserve based systems for their clients and companies. Now they look like complete idiots. Perhaps they ARE complete idiots? To some he…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Bibbler Right on Mr. Liberal!! That's unfair. The government ought to steal all Microsoft profits and give them to you from FREE Healthcare, Housing, and food stamps!!! ... You're a bum! "Nope"
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Quote: Originally Posted by satori There is a strategy here, it is just that none of us can see it clearly yet. The strategy is to drop less profitable lines of business. Apple is making a whole lot more money selling to consumers. They …
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism So how would you change the system? Give us some hard rules you think people investing their time and money into a company should be limited to. Should people not be allowed to be rewarded for being smarter t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Realistic Are you are saying that If you were lucky or bright enough to start or join a company that becomes extremely successful that you shouldn't be able to get the appropriate financial reward No. He's saying …
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Quote: Originally Posted by djames4242 Unless, of course, you have enough confidence in your company's future stock value to believe it will gain enough to make up the difference. In the Microsoft of yesterday, with its value continuing to climb,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by paulsydaus I don't care even if you're SJ himself, the system that allows those kinds of payouts is sickening. Uneven distribution of wealth is one of the worst aspects of capitalism. That is the reason for graduat…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Quillz Microsoft is not a dying company. And it's not unusual at all for corporate executives to regularly buy and sell their corporation's stock. This is nothing new and shouldn't even be an article. There are o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Zaphodsplanet OMG.... this is one of the few decisions I would agree with Ballmer on.... hell... if I were in his position I'd sell half. Don't blame anyone who would rather pay 18% Capital Gains tax on $1.3B over 39.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pondosinatra Killing off their Enterprise group just shows that Apple is well on their way to abandoning the Mac and instead focusing on cheap, disposable, gadgets as their sole reason for existance. Sad. They is …