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Nothing... never mind, you win, sorry to have troubled you. :) <--- happy thoughts happy thoughts

:) <-- happy thoughts happy thoughts

Does this qualify for a personal attack? Stealth, if you don't have anything nice to say about a member of this forum, don't say anything at all.

I'm trying to keep things really simple here. I'm not wrong. There are any number of ways a company can own its own shares, all of which are beyond the scope of this post. Once again, I'm not here to give a lecture on how to invest or how the stock market works.

Ed, have somebody take a picture of you next to somebody. Preferably a Hooters Girl.

Fine, I didn't want to get into the semantics of this, but I will... Yes, true, a company only makes money from the sale of stock when it issues shares. But companies issue new shares all the time to raise capital. This is called equity financing. As far as the sale of shares not helping...

There's a big difference between buying commercial apps and buying shareware. Supporting shareware allows "one man bands" to pay their rent, if that. Commercial software has a profit model and strategy. As I stated above, this means by the time you buy the software, it's already been accounted...

Ah, there we go. :) The best way to explain this, kendall, is to say if you want to support a company, you invest in it. Buying products doesn't really "support" the company--it pays the bills and anything left over is profit that might be put back into the company--but only if the company...

What does this have to do with hate? This has to do with wasting money. Marching down to the Apple store and slapping fifty bucks on the table for a suite of applications that you can get for free is just a bad idea. Apple is not a charity, it's a business. That money can be put to better use...

How about I give $10,000 in your name for every $50 you don't spend on Apple?

How about giving that money to a charity instead? :rolleyes:

Have you ever stopped to think that Apple won't charge for the suite because of all the iWhining? Apple is a business, you know. They do listen to people's complaints. You suggest that we should applaud one of America's richest men because the company he runs won't be charging for applications...

Gee, could this thread be bait for anti-Apple enthusiasts to get banned from macosx.com? If this doesn't sound like a "you're either with us or against us" speech I don't know what does. :rolleyes: And Scott, considering this site is hosted on a Linux box, shame on you. :p

Excuse me?

No... I think toast is entitled to his opinion, and I think he made some good points--the biggest one being iLife--how presumptuous of Apple. If one thinks a name like that isn't going to make Apple seem more elitist than I don't know what to say. [goofy voice] Duh... hey PC users, get an...

Are you suggesting that our screens should be cluttered with stacks and stacks of windows? Give me a break. If you don't use the feature, fine, but there are plenty of people in the world (obviously) that do, and have incorporated it into their daily surfing routine. Tabs are a great way to...

FYI -- that's a feature request. :)

Chimera. Chimera Chimera Chimera. I know you can hack them away, but I HATE BRUSHED METAL APPS. *I'm very dissapointed with Apple right now*

That, in itself, scares me.

Chimera.