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Originally Posted by kjk
It's fine to ignore the rest of the story-how Apple is also taking care of its own staff people-just business doing business in a time of opportunity, right?
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They're a smart business. They're doing things that will keep them in business and encourage future business. Yep, it's a business taking advantage of an opportunity (introducing non-Apple customers to their products, boosting their public image) and ensuring that the staff they need will remain available when they need them.
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Only thing sadder than knee jerk fanboyism is knee jerk cynicism.
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You've heard the old question "Is it paranoia when they really are out to get you?" Well, is it cynicism when businesses really do have a legal obligation to maximize their value to stockholders, and therefore to take those actions, and
only those actions, which do so?
If the employees and management of Apple stood up to their board and their stockholders, and said "yes, this thing we're proposing doing is going to lower the value of the company, but we're doing it because it's the right thing to do" I'd admire them. But doing something that's best for Apple -- doing well by appearing good -- is just business as usual for a global corporation. It's not worthy of any special praise.