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To: clean86 who wrote (85434)	9/25/2009 4:33:22 PM
From: Doren	Respond to of 213185

It is about culture on the inside. Jobs had a reputation as a monster when it came to employee relations. Apple was also lax at the same time, with too much pie eyed fruitless research going on. After he was booted out, I think he did some soul searching, and learned his lesson, and when he came back his new, mature view towards talent was infused through the culture, leading to a leaner and better machine. They are firm in common sense yet flexible enough to listen to new ideas. It's difficult to maintain that kind of culture when the bottom of the pyramid is growing so fast. That's were we long term investors are really putting our money though. We believe the interior structure of the corporation is still strong and can continue to grow. I think most people think of Apple as a tech company when it's really a design company. As opposed to Microsoft which is a company of imitation, where the adage of putting a million monkeys behind keyboards seems to be what they do. Or RIMM where they have one good product. That integration of products is where Apple is heading.

To: clean86 who wrote (85434)	9/25/2009 5:19:57 PM
From: sinclap	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213185

I think I understand aapl very well. Must of consumed every menu item offered at least once @ Cafe Mac. I don't think Steve is even involved day to day with the retail division and is immune from the issues involved since he is in his own world. The appl grunts at the stores are fabulous who are doing a impossible job under the circumstances. Lets face it, aapl corporate management have gotten greedy and are pushing the stores to achieve these insane metrics which is a smack of micro managing. These poor souls are asked to achieve the revenue goals and not being rewarded for their effort. The lion share of the retail management staff are recycled veterans from other retailers who do not know how to mange a store to begin with such as scheduling labor properly, hiring their cronies from their last gig and not able to provide leadership and mentoring the talent in the grunt pool. Don't know the long term consequences, but the walls have cracked with dissent and will linger until the next breaking point.