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Contrary to what has been posted, Apple does not "owe" its stockholders anything.  Stockholders bought the stock with their eyes open and can sell anytime.  The company owes the stockholders a well run company.  The executives owe the company their best efforts to run the company.  The board must monitor and to some extent guide the executives.  If an executive is not performing then the board must replace that person.  People that invest in a company expect a level of competence in the company.  If that level of competence does not appear to exist then the investor is free to divest their holdings.

Tim Cooks runs Apple.  He does not run the world economy.  He guides the company as it produces products and services that he thinks is best for the company.  No where in his marching orders is "stockholder value" listed as part of his job.  If he executes well then stockholder value should increase but the stock price is part of the world economy that he does not control.

Investor decide what they are willing to pay for the privilege of "owning" a small part of the company.  The investor decides to buy or sell based on their own criteria.

No amount of "Monday quarterbacks" is going to alter Apple or any other well run company.

The '647 patent, even if it was miraculously found to be valid when all is said and done, expires in less than a month anyway. So, if you can stall long enough, stealing is alright?

@sog35 it would be so nice if you could refrain from saying anything about Tim Cook as it is apparent that you have no understanding of the requirements to run a major corporation. Mr. Cook has things he must do and things he should not do and the responsibility to know the difference.

mikethemartian said:

The problem I have with Mail is when I email someone a large attachment they get it but I have no record of it being sent unless I bcc myself.

The record of it being sent is in your Sent mailbox.  If you do not get an error of undeliverable then it arrived at the other mail server. If the other person fails to retrieve it from their server, oh well.  BCC'ing yourself tells you that your mail service is working just fine, your message arrived at the server and bounced back to you. 

I agree, Apple's Mail gets the job done, is free and works with many accounts.