“I have extreme confidence that Apple will successfully update its flagship products in the near-term,” Sammy the Walrus IV writes for AAPL Orchard.
“Apple’s start-up structure assures resources are allocated to a product in the months leading up to a refresh; breaking down the ‘walls’ between executives and workers – the same walls that often destroy other technology companies,” Sammy writes. “Having executives involved in seemingly detailed and mundane aspects of a product is the difference between having a product be ‘magical’ or ‘good.'”
Sammy writes, “Tim Cook will continue to hash out aggressive business contracts with Apple friends and foes. Apple’s expanding supply and distribution channels will continue to be run with the dedication and intelligence that have put competitors to shame. As a prime example of how much confidence I have in Apple’s ability to execute in the near-term, I have no intention in lowering my forecasts for Mac, iPod, iPhone, or iPad sales in my AAPL earnings model following Steve’s resignation.”
“Apple is able to translate a big idea (big bet) into reality with very little friction and inefficiency. The biggest risk enters the equation on the demand side – whether consumers want the product. Steve made bets. Big ones. Will Tim be able, or willing, to take similar big risks?” Sammy asks. “At this time, I do think Tim is capable of such responsibility.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
Oh puh-leez, It took how many years for Ballmer to ruin Microsoft? And Tim Cook is no Ballmer.
APPL = Buy!
Apple will continue to execute. As for the larger economy I’m not so sure…
Off topic I know….
I was gifted with an iPad 2 yesterday. What a treat!
I never paid much attention to the discussions re:Flash because with my desktop I had no problems. I often “attend” church online and now with the iPad 2 I am unable to watch the service because of the site being flash-centric.
Anyone have reliable suggestions for a work-around?
Thanks in advance.
Perhaps you should enlighten your “church” as to the millions they are not able to reach with their proprietary broadcast.
Other than that try this: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skyfire-web-browser/id384941497?mt=8
Send a polite note to the church and explain your predicament. Many businesses won’t change unless they hear from customers.
As Truth suggested, you can use SkyFire, but there is also iSwifter which I think is better. You can download iSwifter from the app store if you really *need* Flash that much.
However, as everyone has suggested, you should send your church a polite request to get them to encode the webcast in h.264 instead.
Flash is so yesterday. Even Adobe knows it.
Or if you want native Flash, you could jailbreak your device and install Frash.
Truth and Chris
Thanks for the suggestions. Every organization has their IT czar, as you know. I have been patiently ‘evangelizing.’
You say that you often ‘attend’ church online and that you only got an iPad2 yesterday.
So here’s the work-around: attend church using whatever computer you used last week.
Reading your short story it would seem that you can still “attend” church online as you did before, the iPad has not stopped you from doing that, it has not stopped you from doing anything.
The iPad has allowed you to do many, many other things, you were not able to do prior to the gifting.
As the axiom goes – Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
Anyhoooo … try the – http://www.skyfire.com/ – app on the iTunes store, though I have no experience of it.
I think he’s saying now that he has an iPad, he’d like to use that to attend church rather than whatever he was using before.
Squiggles
Thank you.
I didn’t think my post would be so abstruse. I am using a G4 eMac – talk about slow. With the iPad, now I can be untethered, swift and very mobile.
I have a feeling Apple will make some of their boldest moves yet in the years ahead.
What the hell is AAPL Orchard? Digging a little deep for stories?
When Jobs built his powerful team he did not build it one layer deep.
How about some recognition of the best research and engineering capability in the industry? Even during the parade of brain dead CEOs, the Mac stayed clearly superior to windows. Advertising, design, graphics, and photography required the Mac, because of ColorSync and other unique technologies. Even with its head missing, the company’s technologists kept the company alive until Jobs returned with his razor sharp vision.
I have a feeling that Steve will have left Tim Cook and the rest of the team a clear direction for the next few years!
I think Steve knew this fact when he said in his resignation letter that Apples best years are yet to come!