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27. Apple made money because of the Cult of Steve Jobs

Reply to AZ Progressive (Reply #9)

Tue May 19, 2015, 12:45 PM

May 2015

Can't deny the man had an eye for aesthetics and knew his market (hipsters and fan boys), but from a technical point of view, you could get a similar spec product for half the price of an Apple.

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The Plundering of a Nation by a Beloved Company [View all] niyad May 2015 OP

The Plundering of a State by a Beloved Company KamaAina May 2015 #1

thank you for pointing that out. such a cute gimmick about the apple names, yes??? niyad May 2015 #3

And if this was not possible, Apple would not base themselves in California at all, Nye Bevan May 2015 #4

Riiiiight. Because there's so much engineering talent in Reno. KamaAina May 2015 #5

Tech Company to Bring 400 Jobs to Reno Nye Bevan May 2015 #6

That's right, let's keep caving into bribery in order to keep Americans working. There are simply no sabrina 1 May 2015 #12

That's a separate discussion. The OP accused Apple of "plundering", Nye Bevan May 2015 #14

What I can do is state my opinion of people who take unfair advantage of a system that is sabrina 1 May 2015 #16

Apple could certainly write an extra check for $1 billion and give it to the government, Nye Bevan May 2015 #17

Like I said, integrity and honesty aren't worth much in this system we keep on defending. sabrina 1 May 2015 #22

So why did nobody else "take years of public research, integrate the results, Nye Bevan May 2015 #2

Did they accept Tax Dollars to enable that research, to 'reap those rewards'? sabrina 1 May 2015 #13

Apparently the argument is that they hired some ex-government researchers. Nye Bevan May 2015 #19

Engineer here 1939 May 2015 #15

You, sir, are a thief and a plunderer, Nye Bevan May 2015 #20

The whole point of publicly funded research is to provide the basis for new ideas n2doc May 2015 #7

did you read the entire article? it does explain. niyad May 2015 #8

I see no evidence of "theft" n2doc May 2015 #10

Thing about Apple is that there's no other better alternative AZ Progressive May 2015 #9

And I don't see how such a product is any better than Apple's in terms of labor or Int. Property n2doc May 2015 #11

apple makes good kit d_r May 2015 #18

Don't buy it. moondust May 2015 #21

OSX was built on top of BSD, when Apple's homegrown operating systems became too unweildy hunter May 2015 #26

Apple made money because of the Cult of Steve Jobs Sobax May 2015 #27

Disagree. F4lconF16 May 2015 #28

Fifth rec--to the greatest page. nt tblue37 May 2015 #23

thank you. niyad May 2015 #25

I don't personally like Apple, and I really didn't like closeupready May 2015 #24

My observation, for what it's worth: Binkie The Clown May 2015 #29

+1000 moondust May 2015 #30