[ale] Apple

[Brian MacLeod]

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On 10/5/11 9:54 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> Check the news. Steve Jobs died. I doubt it was due to the new
> iphone being panned by the critics. I've never been an apple fanboy
> but a product visionary died too young at 56.


I also look at him as a business visionary, simply because he realized
that he didn't need to be paid millions of dollars if he ran the
company correctly, that the real value (as opposed to fake value
through mass purchases and acquisitions) he brought to the company
would translate itself to value in ownership of the company.  This is
something many, many, many boards and potential CEOs forget, if they
ever learn it.

People don't feel forced to use Apple stuff.  They choose to use it.
People don't choose to use Oracle stuff, they are often forced to.

Hey, Oracle shareholders, think on that.

Hey, HP shareholders, think...oh, wait, y'all have no semblance of
thinking left.

bnm
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