Ask and Ye Shall Receive

shinyappleChristmas is approaching and with it the end of the first fiscal quarter for many computer companies including Apple.  This is the time when these companies make their biggest sales of the year.  It’s also the time when J.D. Power & Associates is finishing-up its PC quality surveys which cover initial quality and overall service and support.  If you are an Apple customer or a prospective Apple customer pay attention, because this could be a very good time to be you.

Apple is proud of its support operation, which is ironic given that back in the early Apple ][ days Steve Jobs wanted to save money by mimeographing user manuals.  I am not making this up. […]

Three Simple Rules for Stealing My Money

producersThe Mel Brooks movie, then Broadway musical, then a movie of a Broadway musical The Producers are the only such dramatic works I know of that were based primarily on a business model.  The plot is a simple scam in three acts: 1) most Broadway musicals fail; 2) greedy investors in Broadway shows want a lot of equity for a little money, and; 3) since the show is likely to fail anyway, why not produce a deliberate turkey but make money (strictly for the producers) by selling 500 percent of the stock?  Nobody will know they’ve been scammed because a deliberate failure will never pay any royalties.  Except, of course, Springtime for Hitler was an unlikely […]