[quote user="XavierItzmann"] The five cofounders left Apple early on Friday, September 13, 1985 (after Jobs gave Sculley a list of the staffers who would leave with him and his own resignation letter, which he had already released it to the media) and joined Jobs at his manse for a dinner of fresh pasta. The cofounders all found the experience

[quote user="XavierItzmann"] The figures come from the master of the Reality Distortion Field®: “If you annualize our quarterly revenue, it’s surprising that Apple is now a $50+ billion company,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. [/quote] Fair enough, he talks about the future using present tense - if you annualize

[quote user="XavierItzmann"] Apple is a $50 billion (turnover) company. Microsoft is a $59 billion (turnover) company. [/quote] Not sure from where you've got those figures, it's rather Apple US$ 36,5bn and Microsoft US$ 56,3b as far as the latest annual comparison goes (the latter being a rather more complex company). [quote user

[quote user="soundproof"] Akio Morita of SONY had B&O in his home, to challenge his engineers. Steve Ballmer is simply not very good at his job. A former Microsoft exec writes in NYTimes today: Microsoft's Creative Destruction. Definitely not the best horse for B&O to hitch its cart to: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/opinion

[quote user="Puncher"] Did you manage to find anything about the decompression, original or not? [/quote] Trying to find something about decompression Suffering no substantial depression I sit on my terrace as I type ... All this on my non-Apple The sound's being ample And I control it as I smile ... I guess it's back to explaining

[quote user="jk1002"] I am just really disappointed that they didn't nail music, video and for that matter photos at home better when in this scenario. They treat it like on an Ipod which is for on the go but this is not for on the go, this device is clearly for the couch. [/quote] Here is an interesting article which looks at the iPad

Though under one Wednesday© thread I revealed my true identity, I never use my picture for the avatar, as I didn't want to offend Andy by my youthful looks - of course, he is older than me and much wiser! Instead i use just some accidental pics as my avatar ...

my favorite (picture - not the speaker)

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[quote user="cooldude"]Also, most items that B&O have had produced elsewhere have never been well received or good sellers to start with. (cell phone or mp3 player, anyone ?)[/quote] Perhaps, the problem is not with where it was produced but rather that it had been accepted by the HQ - which is in DK(?)