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

[Hex Star]

On 1/24/07, Chad Leigh <chad at objectwerks.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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> eg
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> "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
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> 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
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Yeah why are you picking on me? :-(
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