On Oct 21, 2010, at 9:24 AM, James Therrault wrote: > Some years back, Michael Dell made an utterance to the effect, "We are now in > Chapter X of computing and when Chapter Xx is written, Apple won't be in it." > If one follows stocks at all, Dell's been languishing in the cellar while > Apple's in the stratosphere. But this doesn't mean that Apple is imune from > self destructing. Just look at last week's girations after Apple revealed > iPad sales below expectations, (regardless of reason).
Do not EVER convolute Wall Street stock fluctuations with 'self-destructing'. The biggest lie in capitalism today is the concept of a 'rational market'. Or as Kay put it succinctly in 'Men in Black": "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. " A company can do things that cause it to self-destruct, and the stock market will notice it, but the reason that Apple didn't sell as many iPads as Wall Street analysts (not Apple, btw) predicted is because Apple COULD NOT MAKE THEM FAST ENOUGH. Apple announced their most profitable quarter EVER in the history of the company, and investors responded by complaining that it wasn't *enough* profit. (This said in the midst of the worst economic slowdown since the Great Depression.) I haven't seen this much wailing, gnashing of teeth, and rending of garments since, I don't know, the introduction of Intel macs or even the intro of OS X and the horrifying realization that you had a user account on your own computer. Jeebus, get the heck over yourselves, folks. Computing technology is a tsunami, and it always has been. You surf it or get off, but regardless of what you do it moves inexorably forward. No one is going to come stomp on your old Macs to render them inoperable the moment 10.7 comes out, and it's not APPLE making Adobe write Flash plugins that don't work with PPC macs or OS 9, etc etc etc. Someone on this list who hasn't bought a new Mac in a decade has no grounds to bitch and moan...you're literally looking for a free ride. This is the very thing that's made Microsoft the lumbering dinosaur it is, having to provide that free ride to the folks still running Windows NT 2000 and such. If you don't like it there are alternatives: Windows, Linux, Chrome, just getting by on older Macs, but don't come here wailing about Apple becoming your overlord and locking you down and denying you your right to the latest and greatest goodies on your 6-year-old Mac. You just sound like whiny brats with exaggerated senses of entitlement. If you don't like what Apple is doing, vote with your wallet. Vote with your feet. This is how to effectively do it. Wailing on and on about how Steve Jobs is oppressing you and shackling you into slavery is more suited to the 'Leeeave Britney Aloooooone" style of youtube drama. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
