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05/05/09
04/24/09
Baby Shaking App1600 Employees FromApp StoreActual StoresIt's awesome.
You go to this huge venue with thousands of other employees cheering you on.. "renew! renew!"... and you get a chance to RENEW!!! Of course, employees who don't achieve renewal are vaporized. But there's always that chance!!!
04/24/09
Baby Shaking App1600 Employees FromApp StoreActual StoresKinda the same way the number 420 is divisible by '7'...
Coincidence?
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Also on that same note: Apple is bucking the recession making $1.2 billion this past quarter and MS is going down the tubes after making $2.98 billion.
And... look at the picture chosen for each story. Apple's is a bright sunny picture of an Apple store and MS's is a ROD Xbox.
04/24/09
Similarly, MSFT's losses are directly attributable to the slowdown in computer sales.
At the end of the day, when the economy begins to recover (or when August rolls around), it will be interesting to see the effect on each company's earnings. AAPL has placed a lot of eggs in the iPod basket and whether its Mac division still carries the same weight may be evaluated at that time.
It's easy to mock Microsoft's FUD ads, but if they're still coming out in August, that's 6 months of spreading the word that PCs are cheaper in the middle of a recession when people are looking to buy PCs. And a netbook counts as a sale for MSFT. Similarly, it's easy to overlook Microsoft's other ad campaign - the brand ads with the CEOs of Nestle and Quiksilver talking about why they use Microsoft for enterprise. Windows 7 is coming out this summer (ostensibly), meaning that companies that did not adopt Vista may adopt Win7. And that is more sales for MSFT.
That's the big difference between the two companies: AAPL is tied to hardware and needs to sell hardware for sales; MSFT is a software company and only needs to sell licenses - not new computers.
04/24/09
Baby Shaking App1600 Employees FromApp StoreActual Stores04/24/09
04/11/09
When they say "6 months of COBRA do they mean King Cobra the malt liquor? If so this Best Buy seems like a stand up organization. "You're Fired!!! Here's some 40s!"
04/10/09
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04/10/09
I suggest we wall just ignore the ryanbrenner. Maybe it'll tire of us and frequent lifehacker instead. I'm sure they'll love "lol, GTD, ha ha ha!" or "what's the g in gmail stand for? gay?" or some similar turn of phrase from it's sick twisted mind.
So please, for our sanity and the purity of the Giz, just ignore the ryanbrenner!
04/10/09
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(crosses fingers)
04/11/09
04/10/09
Dude, have you ever heard of anti-virus software? Owning a PC means doing maintenance. You know, anti-virus/spyware... defrag.... is any of this ringing a bell ?
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at least we still have PC richards but buyer beware: best buy is not the best buy!
04/11/09
But, it's THEIR fault?
Wait, is this sarcasm? Because, really, sarcasm doesn't belong on this websit.
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03/26/09
Layoffs"Resource Actions"03/26/09
Layoffs"Resource Actions"We dont need any fancy plans, just end the layoffs. There must be something the government can do to end the relocation of thousands of jobs.
I quote another users comment.
"This is not a story about another 5,000 layoffs in the sea of the millions already laid off. That's exactly how IBM wants you to report it. In fact, the recession and other layoffs are great cover for IBM. The real story is this is not a typical recessionary layoff, pruning poor performers or re-balancing skills for client needs. This is a story about a deliberate and systematic business strategy to replace 15-20K American workers each year with lower-cost BRIC (Brazil, India, China) workers. So far this year, it is approaching 10K (5K in Jan; 5K today) with rumors of more to come in June and in the fall. This is not a story about moving unskilled work to another country. The layoffs have included highly-skilled and experienced professionals-scientists with PhDs, MBAs, seasoned software developers, marketing experts, consultants, project managers and manufacturing workers. This is a story about throwing near-retirement workers into the layoff pool-and using some of the savings (not sent overseas) to hire lower cost & unsuspecting new college grads." --
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