is that usage common ?    *baled out*    I thought it might be *bailed out*
I am a Steve Jobs fanboy and I have lost any enthusiam for Apple after he d=
ied.
gus

On Apr 9, 2013, at 3:38 AM, RussellMc wrote:

> It's not you. Short-sighted morons (Apple and friends) are trying to
> push the tablet and phone to replace everything. I'll replace my desktop
> the day their entire company replaces the desktop/laptop. Until then,
> it's just proof that their movement is stupid.

There is a degree of straw-man position there.
Any Portable Computer [tm] maker is aware that a keyboard has very
powerful capabilities that are not yet close to being replaceable by a
screen entry only device.
BUT their marketing may look it appear that that is what they are
trying to do short term.
Marketing is about profit, not actuality.
Looking at Apple's profitability, coming from a standing start within
living memory, where they only survived because Bill Gates baled them
out, their movement does not  appear to be utterly stupid - even after
you allow for the fact that profitability and stupidity are not
opposites.

What I'd like to know (presumably a matter of public record) is what %
of Apple is currently held by Bill Gates or equivalent (ie Microsoft
or whoever).



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