More transparency about Apple’s overseas operations.
Corporate philanthropy for the first time in years.
A dividend and stock buyback program.
Oh, and continuing to roll out amazing products one after the other.
Let no one say Tim Cook isn’t putting his own mark on Apple.
damn right..
Tim Cook’s leadership shows conventional thinking that produces nice feedback, such as your post, and achieves nothing in practice.
NOTHING IN PRACTICE? REALLY? What rock are YOU living under?
You could argue the product roll out is still Steve’s product pipeline. But I agree with it all.
That’s not Steve Jobs manner to give money, shame on you, Tim
I’d add the increase in stock price / market cap. I believe share price is up 56% since he took over.
You could argue that anything mentioned was in Steve’s pipeline, but at the end of the day, this all happened under Tim’s watch.
Nothing in practice except $13.1 billion in net income and a half trillion dollar market cap. Timmy, more conventional thinking please.
“amazing products”
stop fuc*ing using Steve’s words.
The one thing Steve didn’t want is for people to wonder ‘what would Steve do?’, but rather to follow their own talent and intuition. I think Tim is doing a great job so far.
IMO: Competitors were willing to overlook Steve. They didn’t like Steve, and weren’t really scared of him because they didn’t really understand him. He was unpredictable to them. As likely to hit a home run as he was to strike out. It was easier for them to ignore him even as they lost countless dollars.
But I think they’re terrified of Tim. Tim is from their world, he’s more conventional. They can understand him and what he’s capable of. Right now he’s at the head of the most dangerous company in the world, and they understand that this is a guy who doesn’t make mistakes.
Tim, Steve is an icon, but I admire and respect you, I know Apple is in great hands.
I like how these changes are very Apple: simple changes to make a good thing better.
Why is it the Apple Haters like Anderj Kanev in the previous post cannot appreciate the genius of Jobs, the beauty and functionality of the Mac and the greatest of Apple… all the while using their PC or Zune and having them crash or deliver an inferior experience. I loved the post by Shiraz which called Apple & Tim Cook : ” the most dangerous company in the world, and they understand that this is a guy who doesn’t make mistakes.” I predict 50 years from now people will say “Microsoft Who”?…. Bill Gates and Microsoft will go the way of the Edsel.
Yep and probably will be for a good 2-3 years more.
Heck things like charity programs, buybacks programs etc don’t happen over night. these could have been in the works since before Steve went on medical leave last year. Tim is getting credit because they finalized under his watch but he may or may not have actually created any of them on his own.
You are an idiot.
You can type fuck here you know. You know, like he can use whatever fucking word he wants you fuck-wit.
Don’t be so shortsighted. I am “pro-Apple” but I’m not deluded. The PC has been improving and evolving, even though Macs are still a lot better. The Blue Screen of Death and PC crashes aren’t so frequent anymore, even though Windows is still based on Legacy DOS shit.
As of your Microsoft Who thing, I’m sorry to be the one that tells you, but everyone – everyone! – in the tech industry said the same thing about, you guessed it, Apple. I believe that in 50 years any company can go into oblivion, because we don’t know what can happen. Until then, Microsoft can snap out of Dinosaur Age and be innovative (something already happening in the Metro OS department). So many companies that were cutting edge failed miserably, just like many empires deemed to last forever were defeated and fell.
Sent from my iMac.
Charity and buybacks don’t happen overnight, but do in half a year (aka less than 208 days).
Apple’s charity program is not complex, they didn’t set up an ORG in Africa or something – it’s something like “everytime a full-time employee donates money to an ORG, Apple will donate the same amount of money to the same place”…
The buyback thing, just like the dividend thing, is common and can be done by any company with shareholders. Some investors complain about all their unused money, Apple buys back shares so that the ones left become more valuable, investors get happy and richer.
One thing no one can ever take from Microsoft, the dream of transforming society through the power of computers, of a computer on every desk, in very home: they did that.
I like Tim Cook so far and the current management team. They are doing a great jobs. The last two Apple event we’re great (eduction, iPad) and products are just impressive. Yes this is Steve Jobs product pipeline legacy but Apple execution so far is nearly perfect.