The fact that the linked graph requires a paragraph-long explanation indicates that it is breathtakingly bad.

I don't want a unified experience across the entire GM line-up. I want a unified experience across the things I use such as my phone and car.

I hazard a guess that the cost of this operation was less than the amount of tax that the US company paid that year.

FTFA: "Dow companies are ranked by stock price, not market value"

This seems to me to be a stupid way of calculating a stock market index.

Why are you resisting pressure from managers? The more you push one way, the more they'll push back.

A far better approach to managing your managerial stakeholders is to say "Hey, that's a great idea! Let's do an experiment... let's change your cartridges to soy for a few months and see how they go!"

This way even if they don't work, you're seen as a listener rather than a roadblock.

His Twitter page says "I've asked Minister Campbell to speak to RailCorp. They will meet with the app developers to negotiate how to use the info accurately"

I think your biggest obstacle to success will be your attitude towards salespeople!

As fabulous as you may think your software is, selling it is rather important!

You do realise that your examples of "selectively disabling" and "premium versions" with DVD/CD are pretty much the same thing?

In both scenarios the extra content has been developed. It's just that in one scenario the manufacturer has tweaked a few bits, while in the other they have gone to all the trouble of creating separate physical media.