[Moderator] Re: Jobs in the hot seat over option backdating

[Chad Leigh]

On Jan 24, 2007, at 8:25 PM, Scott Stevenson wrote:

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> On Jan 24, 2007, at 6:40 PM, Hex Star wrote:
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>> Wait what do you mean Jobs didn't make Apple or Mac OS X? He's the  
>> one who started Apple no? And from there came the hiring of staff  
>> who came up with Mac OS X so although he may not have directly  
>> made Mac OS X he did so indirectly and is a great contributor to  
>> its existence no? Why are you giving me such a hard time with  
>> this? :-(
>
> Mmalc is right. Stocks are not hardware or software. The discussion  
> on this list is about Apple products, not the operational aspects  
> of the company. Quarterly financial results are sometimes discussed  
> here because they include the numbers of Mac and iPods sold.
>


And all the other times we talked about Ballmer and all sorts of  
tangential things were OK?  But this isn't?  This is pretty relevant  
to OS X "TALK" as Steve is a very hands on CEO and much of what  
happens, happens because of his vision and direction.  If Balmer or  
Gates or someone left MS, Windows would plod along.  Apple would  
probably suffer a lot more, and that includes the Mac and OS X, if  
Steve were to prematurely have to leave.

Look in the archives -- lots less relevant Apple stuff and iPod stuff  
has been discussed here with no issue at all.

eg

"great rant from a veteran"
"What is Vaporware? (Was: great rant from a veteran)"
"multi-touch future products?"
"Apple iPhone `Subsidized' by Cingular, Says Who?"
"Ballmer talks about iPhone"
etc

And lastly

On Jan 12, 2007, at 8:03 PM, Scott Stevenson wrote:
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> 3. Stay on topic
>
> 	Mac and Apple stuff only
>

This is "Apple stuff" as you put it -- Steve IS Apple in many  
people's minds.

Why is this post about Steve Jobs off topic for this list again?


Chad