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To: Phillip C. Lee who wrote (8930)	2/28/1998 10:07:00 PM
From: soup	Respond to of 213173

Nine Minutes with God. via UPSIDE.COM >When he asked if Smith had any questions, she inquired, "What is the corporate strategy?" Seems like a reasonable question for an executive trying to decide if she should stake her future on a company that some have declared dead. "He (Jobs) told me, 'We're only disclosing our strategy on a 'need-to-know' basis.'" Smith laughs again. "I'm thinking, 'Sure, the VP of Human Resources doesn't need to know the corporate strategy.'" Next, Smith asked bluntly why Jobs wanted a VP of Human Resources when it was well-known that he was "not a big fan of HR." According to Smith, Jobs nodded and smiled as he replied: "I've never met one of you who didn't suck. I've never known an HR person who had anything but a mediocre mentality."< upside.com Oy ... soup

To: Phillip C. Lee who wrote (8930)	2/28/1998 10:33:00 PM
From: soup	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213173

>Need your continuing thoughtful input into this board. Thanks.< Thanks Phillip, but you're way too kind. While I'm a resolute agnostic about technical analysis, (IMO, it's a belief system that works insomuch as people believe in it) I very much appreciate your eye opening posts on AAPL's recent rising price and volume. I haven't had much to say because most of the polemics have been exhausted and I had little to add. I will say this though. A lot of this thread discussion has on tertiary stuff - earnings, etc. Not enough focus is made analyzing the company, its technology and potential applications. No one should miss the forest for the trees. Jobs' isn't content with creating a profitable niche to hide in, he wants to remake AAPL into the undisputed technological leader of the computing world! AAPL's problem is no longer conception but execution of a very ambitious soup-to-nuts (pun!) hardware-software; server-to-desktop-to-nc-to-wireless-handheld; enterprise-higher-education-content-creation-hard sciences-soho-k-12, etc. etc. strategy. Asshole Jobs has his eye on the prize! He wants to drive the Rhapsody-nee-Enterprise-PowerPC/Merced thing right up Gates'/McNeely's/Groves'/Dell's butts and then license them the KY jelly. He'll either accomplish this or burn out in the attempt. soup