On Oct 21, 2010, at 10:21 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
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'.
And that's exactly why a company/organization can self destruct.
Or as Kay put it succinctly in 'Men in Black": "A person is smart.
People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. "
Again, my point is verified.
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.
Notice I did say, "regardless of reason." I read Bloomberg too.
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.)
Nothing new here. The market is irrational.
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.
Really? I think that you may be drinking too much koolaid.
Jeebus, get the heck over yourselves, folks.
So nothing but the corporate line for you, eh?
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.
Maybe Jobs will get Al Gore to do that... "render them inoperable.."
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.
Hey, NT was the last, (and maybe first), decent windoze OS.
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.
Wow, somebody musta really peed in you cornflakes! I cannot recall
anyone here demanding the latest and greatest for their old Macs.
Just continued usability and a hint of support is all.
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.
This is the most irrational post that I have seen from you Bruce.
Entitlement has nothing to do with it. Call it the nurturing of the
Mac culture.
As for leaving it to utube drama, you've done quite well here...
JT
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