At 3:48 PM -0700 8/31/2008, paul beard wrote: >Does BMW want to catch up to Toyota or GM?
The purpose of a publicly traded company is to make a profit for its shareholders. It does not matter how large of a market cap the company has, or how much cashola it's stashing away. All that matters is the slope of the stock price. That being said... >Why are there different metrics of success in one industry than in >another, and between two companies that are in different markets >(hardware design and sales vs software)? This is one of the places where the auto industry analogy fails. Case in point: Having/driving a BMW does not place you in the position of being marginalized. Having/driving a Mac does. Mac may be a superior platform, but there are many many many things it cannot do / services it cannot access. And that relegates it to being a second class citizen. We're just looking for ways to fix that... We're trying to THINK DIFFERENT. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
