Letter
from the CEO
Wonders Never Cease
By Robert L Pritchett
Postmortem and Moratorium: We lost Dr. Eric Fischer on the
operating table and mourn his passing. He had been with the magazine for years,
but he is feeling no pain now. We had worked with him and his cognitive
challenges from the last time he suffered from a stroke and writing for us was
mental therapy for him (and us). He will be sorely missed.
Others have also left our writing team, but they for the
most part, are still breathing.
If you would like to write for macCompanion magazine, please
contact Michele Patterson and see if we can’t launch your writing career.
Microsoft’s May Day
What will not be
missed will be any more “beleaguered” comments regarding Apple Corporation, as
they surpassed Microsoft in market capital levels during the last week of May.
Apple is also the 2nd largest company in value in the US and is now
considered to be the largest tech company worldwide. And this has occurred
during a worldwide Depression!
The products keep coming and revenue keeps breaking records
for Apple. We should have bought stock back in the early “Oughts”. At least we
knew the real worth of Apple long ago and have stayed with them ever since.
Source: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/05/apple-passes-microsoft/
Dream On
"Investors may be asking
themselves what Apple can do to revive its fortunes. The likely answer,
unfortunately, is that Steve Jobs has no white rabbits left in his hat. Apple
appears to be facing a dead end in its business growth, the victim of
mismanagement and unmitigated hubris. Apple lovers are a loyal bunch, and
they'll probably stick with the company. But Jobs's dream of becoming the world's
biggest computer-maker will likely remain just that - a dream." Business
Week Online December 11, 2000
That dream has come true in 2010! The tortoise is beating
the hare in this exciting technology race. What with the iPad, and coming up
soon with the iPhone 4G and improvements to other existing computer offerings,
and with billions in the bank, Apple is doing just fine, thank you very much.
We just figured that if you had been living under a rock
somewhere and hadn’t heard the good news, we would repeat it here for you.
After all, you might have otherwise been preoccupied with politics, massive
pollutions, wars and employment challenges that seem to be filling the airwaves
lately.
Later this month, we will be hearing about the World Wide
Developers Conference and no, as much as we perhaps would like to, we may not
be hearing from Microsoft in a keynote speech at that conference (fun-filled
Silverlight and Bing rumor of Steve Ballmer possibly speaking). I doubt you will want to miss the Stevenote from Steve Jobs this time.
Meanwhile, in this issue, I provide research regarding birth
certificate bonds and Assurance for Value so we too may know our own “worth”
and what we can do to tap into that to reduce debt. Hopefully as a result, we
can emulate Apple by also becoming “debt-free”.
May wonders never cease!
ROBERT LEIGH PRITCHETT
Robert-Leigh: Pritchett, Authorized Representative (see
“Your Birth Bond and Assurance for Value”)
