Comments on: Brutal

By: Impotence Aids

Impotence Aids — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:10:28 +0000

100% they are just a bunch of monopolistic coorporations that have abused of their power during the last 15 years to force their crappy products.

By: Eric Karjaluoto

Eric Karjaluoto — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:29:05 +0000

By the way, I posted some more thoughts about this on my blog. I hope this doesn’t seem “spammy”–it’s just one of those topics that I started writing about that turned out to be a little too long to leave in a comment field.

If you’re interested, you can read it here: http://www.idea...he_sky_falling/

Now I’ll go back to biting my nails.

By: WealthHack

WealthHack — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:32:04 +0000

Hey where did that stock picture come from? Google Finance?

By: Ad Manager

Ad Manager — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:38:40 +0000

Yahoo shareholders and employees are super-pissed now and wish they had taken the MS deal. That’s maybe why MSFT is holding up nicely.

By: ideasonideas - Eric Karjaluoto discusses design, brands and experience » Blog Archive » Is the sky falling?

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:02:27 +0000

[...] have proven no exception. Economic collapse, depression, and general doom (or, not so much?) Since the beginning of the month, Apple is down 40 percent, Google is down 20 percent, and Microsoft is down 10 percent. Ford and GM [...]

By: null

null — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:09:40 +0000

I think goog will see $300 yhoo will see $10

By: Evan Kuo

Evan Kuo — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:25:03 +0000

I’m totally buying google,

http://www.iphone4um.com

By: Charbax

Charbax — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:10:32 +0000

The whole of silicon valley is going bankrupt. Only Google will survive cause Obama will use Google technology to change the world.

Reason Apple, Intel, Microsoft, HP and Yahoo are going bankrupt is cause their products totally suck. It’s not only the capitalistic collapse, it’s the realisation that they have no good products, they are just a bunch of monopolistic coorporations that have abused of their power during the last 15 years to force their crappy products on the populations.

By: Al

Al — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:30:02 +0000

Agreed, go short now. Go long when it’s bottomed… whenever that will be.

By: ddk

ddk — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:20:17 +0000

AAPL is a strong sell. We are heading towards a depression. People won’t be worrying about how cool their cellphone or laptop looks when they are standing in line at a soup kitchen. Such snobbish and overpriced machines Apple makes.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:56:56 +0000

how do these compare to the rest of the market?

oh, never mind. that would be boring.

By: ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA « Daily Marauder

ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA « Daily Marauder — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:27:39 +0000

[...] 20 percent), Yahoo (ditto), and Microsoft (down about 10 percent). Microsoft is holding up best. (http://www.tech...08/10/09/brutal [...]

By: Central Scrutinizer

Central Scrutinizer — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:03:52 +0000

All people who own Apple products or own Apple stock are not “fanboys”. Every time somebody says “fanboy”, I think about pistol-whipping.

By: Frank Miller

Frank Miller — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:37:09 +0000

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By: kisfaszom.hu » Blog Archive » Esés

kisfaszom.hu » Blog Archive » Esés — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:35:09 +0000

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By: hava doughnut

hava doughnut — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:43:45 +0000

Mitch you are exactly right. Lots of cash and no debt. that’s who you should be buying.

they will mop up on all the under-capitalized or debt-laden companies going forward.

MSFT, GOOG, AAPL, have north of $50B in cash amongst the three of them and no long-term debt

that’s the play in this market….

By: Pierre Bureau

Pierre Bureau — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:18:59 +0000

Heuuu excuse me? Starbucks… good coffee?

Well, if you live in Europe where you can get a proper espresso in any bar or restaurant for something like 3$…. You’d never call a Starbucks coffee good.
We have got 1 Starbucks where I live (I know it’s a pretty remote place), that is the last place where I would like to have a coffee.

By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:15:03 +0000

Jeremy, what’s your obsession with paid inclusion? End users don’t care about it.

By: Eric Karjaluoto

Eric Karjaluoto — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:54:02 +0000

I can’t say that we really have the cash, but we sure do try to squeeze every last drop out of it. Along the way, our service end of things should prop us up, but that area is rather glum looking as well. (In markets like these, I get the feeling that marketing budgets will be the first to go.)

Looking at the headlines gives me the creeps, but with only four people in our company at least we’re pretty much down to the bone anyway.

By: Brandon Eley

Brandon Eley — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:34:43 +0000

Really makes me wish I had a big wad of cash to invest!

By: Alex Schleber

Alex Schleber — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:04:26 +0000

What is being overlooked is that MSFT has gone down from $32 at the beginning of the year (pre-YHOO-bid) to below $24. That’s a 25% drop right there.

Read about the loss of faith in MSFT by some major hedge-funds here:

http://www.alle...crosoft-ballmer

“… Since then, management has acted in an overaggressive and almost panicky fashion regarding its online offering. First, it sought to acquire Yahoo! and then after that failed, it announced extremely high internal investment requirements to pursue this “huge” opportunity (read: “Google-envy”). We doubt the opportunity is what they say it is and wish MSFT focused on its core strength: software.

The CEO is a very smart and very wealthy man. Perhaps, he is so wealthy that he has bigger ideas and aspirations than making MSFT’s shareholders wealthier. We’ve given up on MSFT for now…”.

BTW, I believe the only thing that is propping up the stock today is the relatively good news about XBox sales after the price cut to below $200. Best thing that MSFT has done in a long time…

By: Wayne Pan

Wayne Pan — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:47:15 +0000

My thoughts on AAPL (from my blog: http://waynepan...-bargain-at-90/ )
……

I think it’s a bargain at this price, why? Simple…

It was $90 pre-iPhone.

That’s right, AAPL was hovering around $80 before MacWorld 2007, where the iPhone was announced. What’s happened since then? Apple has launched 2 versions of the iPhone in 50+ countries and essentially created an entirely new business for themselves with the AppStore.

They’ve also hit a record high in PC market share (~8%) and that will only continue to grow as the iPhone’s halo effect continues.

By: Geoff Garcia

Geoff Garcia — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:34:31 +0000

“uhm, yes. its the same company it was 1 month ago, its just worth 40% less according to everyone else and its falling for no apparent reason.”

News flash – the economy is in trouble, consumer spending is dropping like a dead bird. While the company might still make a sound product, if nobody is going to buy it then its earnings aren’t going to justify a high stock price.

From where I’m sitting it would probably be smarter to short sell it, because this market isn’t turning around anytime soon and things are going to get worse before they get better.

By: add

add — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:21:11 +0000

if apple has so much cash reserve why dont they buyout some stock?

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:16:19 +0000

Good time to buy Google and Apple stocks..

http://gatesand...s.blogspot.com/