beatle

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   by beatle 15y ago

   This is a cultural, social and political issue first. economics is secondary. As a foreign-owned corporation Microsoft, Amazon, Dell, HP, Sony, Samsung, HTC, Motorola, Apple do not have the authority, leverage or government support to chang
2. 122.▲
   by beatle 15y ago

   >Although Apple has amazing hardware, I had to decide if I was willing to support their practices or possibly use a machine that offered less CPUs/dollar. That new laptop you bought was manufactured at the exact same factory where they
3. 123.▲
   by beatle 15y ago

   One guy inspired MILLIONS to make a difference. Another guy is making a difference to MILLIONS. I admire both of them, but I think in the long run (20+ years) the first guy will have a bigger impact.
4. 124.▲
   by beatle 15y ago

   No its not ok. But WHY single out the iPad?
5. 125.▲
   by beatle 15y ago

   Apple, Samsung, Sony, Microsoft, Dell, HP, etc. WHY single out Apple?
6. 126.▲
   by beatle 15y ago

   Wrong. The Chinese government does.
7. 127.▲
   by beatle 15y ago

   Why single out the iPad? A) page views B) hedge funds trying to short AAPL by spreading negative news the day AFTER a record-breaking quarter. C) A & B
8. 128.▲
   by beatle 15y ago

   Human Costs Are Built Into an Xbox/Dell Laptop/Samsung/HTC/RIM/Motorola Android Smartphone/Kindle Fire/Google Chromebook/Sony TV/etc.
9. 129.▲
   by beatle 15y ago

   time to switch to Bing
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    by beatle 15y ago

    Here's another thing that impresses me. Last quarter DID NOT include sales of the iPhone 4S in China. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020462420457718...
11. 131.▲
    by beatle 15y ago

    Wrong. I suggest you read up on the subject. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share_price
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    Apple has now paid $4 billion to App Store developers(appleinsider.com)

    1 points by beatle 15y ago|0 comments
13. 133.▲
    by beatle 15y ago

    Capital gains
14. 134.▲
    by beatle 15y ago

    your new studio will not disrupt Hollywood if it runs out of money. that is my point. your new studio has to be able to compete with the existing studios. You have to compete with Dark Knight Rising, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Twilight, Pirat
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    by beatle 15y ago

    American Zoetrope failed because Coppola was self-financing movies people didn't want to watch. Dreamworks failed because they had too many big-budget box office failures AND, because they were a new studio, they did not have a library of o
16. 136.▲
    by beatle 15y ago

    Its never THAT simple. Harvey Weinstein did the same thing. Still costs him millions to produce a movie and had to strike distribution deals with major hollywood studios. He eventually ran out of money and almost went bankrupt.
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    by beatle 15y ago

    Post production cost may be cheaper, but then you have to deal with distribution , marketing, PR, salaries for your cast ($20M per picture for a big movie star), crew, script, Etc. And then you have to convince millions of moviegoers NOT to
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    by beatle 15y ago

    Dreamworks SKG tried this a few years ago. it was founded by 3 of the most highly experienced, connected and talented industry visionaries in Hollywood. Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. 2 of them are billionaires and 1
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    by beatle 15y ago

    You need to convince millions of people not to watch Dark knight Rising, Transformers, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Twilight, Mission Impossible, and hundreds of other blockbusters and TV Shows, every year. Then, the hardest part, you need to c
20. 140.▲
    by beatle 15y ago

    You need to be in the content, distribution, marketing/PR, talent (writing, acting, tc.) business to kill Hollywood. Thn You need to have billions to pay movie stars, scripts, movie rights, distribution, marketing, crew, equipments, etc. yo
21. 141.▲
    by beatle 15y ago

    Your Samsung Android smart phone,Sony TV, Xbox, Dell laptops, etc. are all manufactured by the exact same people.
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    At $400 billion, Apple is worth more than Greece(money.cnn.com)

    6 points by beatle 15y ago|4 comments
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    by beatle 15y ago

    >especially once you start considering theft >where I suspect they will get stolen relatively frequently I think your assumption is even more flawed. Textbooks are replaced every 3+ years or so, that's a given. You're worried about
24. 144.▲
    by beatle 15y ago

    You're correct. Edited.
25. 145.▲
    by beatle 15y ago

    it's called creative destruction.
26. 146.▲
    by beatle 15y ago

    I agree with this. iPad 3 499 iPad 2 399 Refurbed iPad 1 $99-$299
27. 147.▲
    by beatle 15y ago

    Wrong. CEOs have fiduciary duties.
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    by beatle 15y ago

    Here's a good title for his biography The Rise and Fall of Jerry Yang How he built a great company and then orchestrated one of the greatest destruction of value in the history of business
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    by beatle 15y ago

    Yahoo is way under valued. Yahoo was considering selling its stakes in Yahoo Japan and Alibaba Group for $17 billion. Yahoo's current market cap is $19 billion PLUS $2 billion cash. Does that somehow make the value of its U.S. assets negati
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    by beatle 15y ago

    This is a good thing for Yahoo! Jerry Yang was a good founder and entrepreneur, but he doesn't have the skills or knowledge to run a Fortune 500 company. His decision not to sell to Microsoft and hiring Carol Bartz are some of his most fata