As much as you don't want to believe it, Steve Jobs works FOR the board of directors, not the other way around. Apple is a publicly traded company and his first duty is to run the company at a profit so the shareholders can be paid dividends. If he fails to do that, he can be fired.
Contrary to what you may believe, you are incorrect. Sure it works that way on paper but reality is far different with Apple. As I recommended before, you should read some Apple history and learn more about Steve Jobs.
loushen said:
I think what baggss is saying is that Apple's focus is different. See an interview with Jobs and he concentrates on Apple's great software and hardware. His attitude is, we make great products and the customers will come, the money will come with them and we will make a profit. His focus is definitely not we must make more money by any means just to keep the shareholders happy.
That too.
1991-C4 said:
Apple's focus is EXACTLY the same as every other corporation... to make money. People invest in the stock market for one reason... to make money! Its economics 101. The employees at Apple have to be paid and Apple has to pay them benefits as well and they can only do this if the company makes a profit. Steve Jobs retains his position because he makes money for the shareholders. From a PR standpoint, he is smart enough to say that his job is to create cool stuff that people want to buy, but the bottom line (and I mean that very literally) is that if his innovative, bleeding edge ideas fail to make money, he is out of a job.
Again, you need to read up on Apple in general and Jobs in specific. He doesn't just run that company, he
IS that company. You may choose to believe Apple is just another company out to make a buck, and in some respects they are, but Jobs has always been different and Apple has always been different. There's a reason it's often referred to as a cult. Knowledge is power, get some.
And as far as Amazon goes, do you even know who they are or what they do? Amazon started out by selling printed books over the Internet, but now they sell pretty much anything you can think of. Why? Jeff Bezos is smart! He figured out how to sell stuff, tangible things and content like books and music. They are arguably the most successful dot com in history.
Why would Amazon make a Kindle app for an Apple product? In order to sell more Amazon content to people without having to buy Amazon hardware.
And speaking of that, you say that Amazon is not into selling a mass market self-branded tech toy. What do you call the Kindle?
Amazon already has a well-established distribution system in place, something Microsoft does not have, at least not in terms of delivering content. Taking all of these things into consideration, Amazon would be the perfect match for selling a multi-function consumption device.
Again, Amazon and Apple are not really in competition. If anything they compliment each other, particularly where the Kindle is concerned. If Amazon wanted to compete with Apple they would, head on. Amazon is out to sell products in any way they can. If the Kindle was really meant to be competition for Apple they would make it do so much more and they wouldn't make content readily available for use on Apples devices. As it stands it's a win-win for both companies. Amazon is in direct competition with folks like B&N and Borders and other on-line folks, not Apple. Sure Amazon could sell a device, they could sell the heck out of it, they just couldn't really build it. Sure the Kindle is a nice gadget, but it's more simple than a basic iPod ever was (well, maybe not the Shuffle). That's just my
opinion though.
Speaking of opinions, you might want to realize that your opinion is neither fact nor law (nor is mine), it is not the only opinion out there, others
ARE allowed to disagree and have a discussion and a difference of opinion. No need to get snippy or rude when folks disagree with you. I'm not attacking you or denigrating you personally in any way. Chill.