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<blockquote data-quote="baggss" data-source="post: 204527" data-attributes="member: 6762">I understand business, and I understand Apple. I understand how the two are often vastly different.&nbsp; Steve is not driven by the bottom line of profit and never really has been. Your comments about &quot;Mixing up a batch of Kool-Aid&quot; show me that you don't seem to be able to conduct a rational discussion about this subject without having to rant about fan boys and their ignorance.&nbsp; Your ignorance about Steve is ignorance about Apple.&nbsp; Apparently you didn’t learn much from your research for your “4 page paper”.No one would have forecast the iPod 10 years ago, but they would have forecast Steve &quot;Moving on to the next big thing&quot; very easily (that was his advise).&nbsp; Apples revenues from the iPod are what has allowed them to develop MacOSX and conduct the switch to Intel.&nbsp; Steve found &quot;the next big thing&quot; and is milking the **** out of it move the Mac along.&nbsp; Just because you believe that &quot;anything&quot; is possible does not make it so, no matter how hard you try.&nbsp; I believe Steve is being very pragmatic and trying to expand the Macs market share (both hardware and software) without &quot;giving away the farm&quot; so to speak.I agree that Apple is a critical stage of &quot;Self-Evolution&quot;, but I think you are viewing that evolution from the wrong perspective.&nbsp; You are viewing it from a business only perspective and that is the flaw.&nbsp; Oh, and I own stock in Apple, it has split twice since I bought and is now worth 5 times what it was when I bought.&nbsp; Not bad for a company with 4% market share, is it?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="baggss, post: 204527, member: 6762"] I understand business, and I understand Apple. I understand how the two are often vastly different. Steve is not driven by the bottom line of profit and never really has been. Your comments about "Mixing up a batch of Kool-Aid" show me that you don't seem to be able to conduct a rational discussion about this subject without having to rant about fan boys and their ignorance. Your ignorance about Steve is ignorance about Apple. Apparently you didn’t learn much from your research for your “4 page paper”. No one would have forecast the iPod 10 years ago, but they would have forecast Steve "Moving on to the next big thing" very easily (that was his advise). Apples revenues from the iPod are what has allowed them to develop MacOSX and conduct the switch to Intel. Steve found "the next big thing" and is milking the **** out of it move the Mac along. Just because [i]you[/i] believe that "anything" is possible does not make it so, no matter how hard you try. I believe Steve is being very pragmatic and trying to expand the Macs market share (both hardware and software) without "giving away the farm" so to speak. I agree that Apple is a critical stage of "Self-Evolution", but I think you are viewing that evolution from the wrong perspective. You are viewing it from a business only perspective and that is the flaw. Oh, and I own stock in Apple, it has split twice since I bought and is now worth 5 times what it was when I bought. Not bad for a company with 4% market share, is it? [/QUOTE]

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