I can only applaud Mr Dell for not going along with Wall Street and rejecting short-term planning required to do so. If you look into how Apple and Amazon is c

I can only applaud Mr Dell for not going along with Wall Street and rejecting short-term planning required to do so. If you look into how Apple and Amazon is coping while being public, you'll see that in both of those companies, the CEOs actually have very good deals with shareholders that allow them to reject short-term stock market greed and lets them focus on long-term goals. The ultimate goal of a private company should not be going public - this is a false dychotomy created in part by Wall Street. Growth, innovation and long-term survival (meaning average positive cash flow over many years) should be that ultimate goal.