“It was hard to listen to the second quarter financial report from Apple and not imagine Steve Jobs spinning like a top in his grave,” Rob Enderle writes for CIO.
“When Jobs took over Apple, the company was awash with debt, mere months from going bankrupt and selling way too many products to manage,” Enderle writes. “Cook’s stated plan is to eliminate Apple’s cash reserves, increase debt and build a lot more variety into Apple product lines. It reads like he’s planning to return Apple to how it was when Jobs took over—hopefully short of the ‘nearly bankrupt’ part.”
MacDailyNews Take: Cook’s stated plan most certainly is not to eliminate Apple’s cash reserves.
“Assuming someone at Cook’s level is an idiot isn’t in itself wise; rising to that level requires a certain amount of intelligence and, as COO, if nothing else Cook should understand numbers,” Enderle writes. “Here’s what I think could be going on.”
MacDailyNews Take: Enderle think? Since when?
Enderle writes, “At the outset, Cook had to know that the only reason Jobs wanted him for CEO was because Jobs thought until the very end that he could come back. Given the choice, Jobs believed Apple’s board would pick him. In other words, Cook was selected specifically because Jobs knew he couldn’t do the job and would be an excellent placeholder because he was so badly matched. Cook likely knows his days are numbered… ”
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MacDailyNews Take: Behold, the new low water mark for Enderlean fuckery.
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Dear Apple Fans:
Stop burying your heads in the sand. I love Apple too, but Tim Cook is our Steve Ballmer. This guy is destroying Apple from the inside out, but loyal Apple fans refuse to believe what’s happening right before their eyes.
It reminds me of the atmosphere that must have existed in Nazi Germany. The writing was clearly on the wall, only some chose not to see it. Actually, I think it’s too late. This panzy has already dismantled the company he took over from Jobs!
Gee thanks, anonymous coward ‘Randy’. A palpable hit! Ugh! We’re dying here! *gasping last breath*
Godwin’s Rule of Nazi Analogies
As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.
The Enderle Group, which includes his wife and his dog, operates out of his home and has one client, Microsoft, well, Ballmer, actually, which pays him to badmouth Apple.
Tomorrow we will see Enderle’s take on Steve Ballmer…NOT! Looks like he’s still getting the stash under the table. He’s paid to POOP!
Funny thing – seems Enderle is an anagram for “needler” which is putting his antics mildly – I’m sure he’s paid for his salacious BS.
Well, if that’s what Enderle thinks, I’m going to speak to my bookmaker to see if I can bet on Cook being in post for another five years.
Wow, just wow.
Enderle apparently has a very big check from Google/Microsoft/Samsung/Michael Dell/various hedge fund managers waiting for him. Only a complete moron could have interpreted Cook’s comments as wanting to deplete Apple of cash.
The fact is it is far, far less costly to Apple to borrow money to buy back stock and increase dividends than it is to repatriate foreign earned cash and pay taxes. Plus Apple can keep its cash and earn interest on it, likely offsetting the cost of borrowing money in the first place.
What a silly, petty little man he is.
Tell Cookie to pack up his little chartreuse queerbag and carry ass out of Apple.
Go fuck yourself, you troglodyte homophobe douchebag.
Indeed, Cook is the toast of Wall Street since he bent over an gave the greedy bastards more than they ever could have earned in an honest productive work. Now watch as the out-of-touch Apple board heaps millions more in excessive compensation on Cook, who has slowed Apple down from world-leading tech innovator to typical plodding megacorporation which prioritizes manipulation of stock price over customer, user, employee, etc.
Assuming someone at Cook’s level is an idiot isn’t in itself wise
However, assuming Enderle to be a FUD perpetrating idiot is in itself extremely wise. For newbies, this dolt is a perennial Apple-hater, Microsoft worshiper deluxe and is perennially wrong:
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I bought my first Mac in 1985 before most pf the discussants were born and i sunk my small personal fortine on tp Apple in 1997
This gives me not only a aelf onterested viewpont but also a long term viewpoin
I vote for Cook
Who exactly is Enderle
Hum. I would wait and see.
Rob Enderle have not always been accurate about Apple in the past. We will see.
Holy crap. How do idiots like him manage to stay in print. I don’t believe even your average Apple basher would think all that was anything but hogwash.
If his thoughts were true, relevant and heeded, then his line of thinking would have resulted in ballmey’s firing long ago… ‘Nuff said