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Why would this be surprising? The owner of BMW is unlikely to let his family own a Mercedes isn't he?
She's a little better looking than the real Melinda Gates ... but, that mouth on her would drive me nuts.
Maybe he could learn a thing or two from them rather than ignoring apple completely.
All I read out of that was her mouth and your nuts.OrangeHound wrote:
She's a little better looking than the real Melinda Gates ... but, that mouth on her would drive me nuts.
I don't think he'll have to worry. I'm thinking Apple is out of business within 18 months.AussieReaper wrote:
Maybe he could learn a thing or two from them rather than ignoring apple completely.
What makes you figure that?OrangeHound wrote:
I don't think he'll have to worry. I'm thinking Apple is out of business within 18 months.AussieReaper wrote:
Maybe he could learn a thing or two from them rather than ignoring apple completely.
Interesting...OrangeHound wrote:
I don't think he'll have to worry. I'm thinking Apple is out of business within 18 months.AussieReaper wrote:
Maybe he could learn a thing or two from them rather than ignoring apple completely.
Pretty sure OH is kidding. Or he underestimates how far whining will get you with most parents.
(1) This company rises and falls with Steve Jobs ... it nearly died when he was away (mid 80's to late 90's). Now, cancer has returned, and that is usually never a good sign. Jobs is gone from Apple.Poseidon wrote:
What makes you figure that?OrangeHound wrote:
I don't think he'll have to worry. I'm thinking Apple is out of business within 18 months.AussieReaper wrote:
Maybe he could learn a thing or two from them rather than ignoring apple completely.
(2) The iPod and iPhone are mostly mature products, and competition will erode influence ... this is also the primary source of their profits.In the Conde’ Nast Portfolio March 09 issue writer Kevin Maney wrote, “Jobs has proven his business brilliance, and Apple could coast nicely for a number of years just on Jobs-fueled momentum. But by most accounts, he has not groomed a successor or codified the secrets of his magic.”
(3) Recession, or whatever you call it, tends to affect higher end (priced) products ... Apple's bread and butter.
I just feel that 2009 might be a train wreck for Apple as profits and sales fall, nothing noteworthy enters the market, and investors flee like rats on a ship (because Jobs is gone). It's an incredibly pessimistic scenario, but ... well ...
Also Apple is marketing to stupid people, and people don't stay dumb in regards to technology for very long.OrangeHound wrote:
(1) This company rises and falls with Steve Jobs ... it nearly died when he was away (mid 80's to late 90's). Now, cancer has returned, and that is usually never a good sign. Jobs is gone from Apple.Poseidon wrote:
What makes you figure that?OrangeHound wrote:
I don't think he'll have to worry. I'm thinking Apple is out of business within 18 months.(2) The iPod and iPhone are mostly mature products, and competition will erode influence ... this is also the primary source of their profits.In the Conde’ Nast Portfolio March 09 issue writer Kevin Maney wrote, “Jobs has proven his business brilliance, and Apple could coast nicely for a number of years just on Jobs-fueled momentum. But by most accounts, he has not groomed a successor or codified the secrets of his magic.”
(3) Recession, or whatever you call it, tends to affect higher end (priced) products ... Apple's bread and butter.
I just feel that 2009 might be a train wreck for Apple as profits and sales fall, nothing noteworthy enters the market, and investors flee like rats on a ship (because Jobs is gone). It's an incredibly pessimistic scenario, but ... well ...
People who lean forward into their webcam need to be slapped.
Apple is doing relatively good now. Much better than their competitors at least.OrangeHound wrote:
(1) This company rises and falls with Steve Jobs ... it nearly died when he was away (mid 80's to late 90's). Now, cancer has returned, and that is usually never a good sign. Jobs is gone from Apple.Poseidon wrote:
What makes you figure that?OrangeHound wrote:
I don't think he'll have to worry. I'm thinking Apple is out of business within 18 months.(2) The iPod and iPhone are mostly mature products, and competition will erode influence ... this is also the primary source of their profits.In the Conde’ Nast Portfolio March 09 issue writer Kevin Maney wrote, “Jobs has proven his business brilliance, and Apple could coast nicely for a number of years just on Jobs-fueled momentum. But by most accounts, he has not groomed a successor or codified the secrets of his magic.”
(3) Recession, or whatever you call it, tends to affect higher end (priced) products ... Apple's bread and butter.
I just feel that 2009 might be a train wreck for Apple as profits and sales fall, nothing noteworthy enters the market, and investors flee like rats on a ship (because Jobs is gone). It's an incredibly pessimistic scenario, but ... well ...
*You're right about Jobs though. We'll see. This time they didn't push him out though. So they may still follow his direction.
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As long as they can keep that innovation up they will be fine.
It just sucks that iPhone is only sold for the inferior at&t network
It just sucks that iPhone is only sold for the inferior at&t network
Well the iphone is a flop in Asia. They are giving them away in Japan. The major thing keeping Apple afloat right now is the ipod.
Afloat? The last iPhone release gave them a huge boost in sales (a revenue jump of 27% to $7.9 billion).SgtHeihn wrote:
Well the iphone is a flop in Asia. They are giving them away in Japan. The major thing keeping Apple afloat right now is the ipod.
OH has a good point though. Jobs was very involved at Apple. His return was pivotal. The future without Jobs is murky.
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Can say that about microsoft without Gates too though.Kmarion wrote:
OH has a good point though. Jobs was very involved at Apple. His return was pivotal. The future without Jobs is murky.
Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
Not paticularly. Gates was a figurehead more in the last decade of his tenure there in my opinion. Not the 'driving force' behind the company.Flecco wrote:
Can say that about microsoft without Gates too though.Kmarion wrote:
OH has a good point though. Jobs was very involved at Apple. His return was pivotal. The future without Jobs is murky.
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman
The correlation is more direct at Apple (not to say that Gates isn't brilliant also). I've heard stories about Jobs being obsessive in his role at Apple. He's been ranked as Americas top business leader a few times now. There was a great article in Wired magazine that went over MS and their troubles over the last decade. Unfortunately I only have the print versionFlecco wrote:
Can say that about microsoft without Gates too though.Kmarion wrote:
OH has a good point though. Jobs was very involved at Apple. His return was pivotal. The future without Jobs is murky.
http://www.wired.com/wired/issue/16-12
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