The product you're selling also has to be good. "Fool me once..."

Not as authoritative as you thought:
"A coalition of electronics recyclers are disputing the Retina MacBook Pro's newly minted EPEAT "Gold" status, noting that the industrial-strength glue holding the battery in place runs afoul of rules designed to make computers easier to recycle. It turns out that the Gold rating was handed to Apple by none other than Apple itself, though EPEAT can require Apple to remove the rating after evaluating its assessment of standard criteria."

Source:"all of Apple’s Mac line had top EPEAT ratings, with the exception of the company’s new MacBook Pro with Retina Display."

"...all qualifying products." I didn't hear that future products (like additional retina screen lap tops) will be EPEAT.

Who knew the surrender button was such a desirable feature?

Mostly enterprise planning incompetence. We have "legacy" corporate encryption and security cripple-ware that only works on XP machines... the 2-year project completed last year.

Thank you. This thread is a pos if you are interested in learning the topic. This is why people hate nerds.

Just so we are clear, the GP is saying that the companies above should have the freedom to reach their audiences and customers without being selectively blocked by ISPs.

Freedom is not having my business's website blocked by my customers' ISP.

He needs a mentor that can keep up with him. Rather than focusing on high school vs. college, I'd focus on finding the best possible person to set him down a fulfilling path for his life. That teacher or mentor could be in a University or high school. Putting this kid in any classroom is like handing out the keys to a Formula 1 car. You'll want to make sure that the driver can steer this mind towards reaching its full potential (both in achievement and personal fulfillment).

Exactly. You can't share your Spotify tracks or Netflix que on your timeline without something that monoitors activity while you are on other sites. Not sure why everyone on here is freaking out. If you want to share your life online, you'll have to allow FB to track your life. If you don't want to, stay off FB.

Whatever. It doesn't run linux.

Big market != Good business. Trading profits, IP, and making compromises on your business for access to a big market are not necessarily good business moves.

If we keep spending at the rate we are without the revenues to support it, it'll be a much faster deline.

Fixed it for you

People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. -Steve Jobs