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Innovation in the Accounting Department
Apple is heralded as an innovative company. I believe that their design and marketing staff are very innovative. Hopefully, some of this innovation can spread to the accounting department because charging customers money to activate hardware already present in their system does very little to raise customer satisfaction. If a customer already pays a few hundred dollar price premium to buy the machine, I do not think that they then want to be nickel and dimed to activate functionality on the machine. If I owned one of these machines, I would be even more irritated to find out that I was paying the charge to make the work for the accountants easier.

If they truly don't care about the $2 they are charging then they should not care too much about restating their revenue because restating the revenue does not alter their cash flow from the previous sales of the laptops. Cash flow in the end is what matters.
Posted by: rkennel   Posted on: 01/19/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Wow, that's stupid  glocks out | 01/18/07
On the bright side  Badgered | 01/18/07
But looked what they shipped  Ken_z | 01/18/07
SURPRISE! Now pay up!  jakex3@... | 01/18/07
Not a first by any means.  nucrash | 01/18/07
It is really funny to watch ...  ShadeTree | 01/19/07
Who ever made this up....  ju1ce | 01/19/07
I'll defend it, and better than any of these complaints  maxsnorkel | 01/26/07
a driver?  doh123 | 01/21/07
Cracked version  VexoFP@... | 01/18/07
Theyr are required by aw to pay  Stuka | 01/18/07
just stupid  CrazY_UKRaiNiaN | 01/19/07
The law doesn't say that.  ShadeTree | 01/19/07
They are required by law to pay  Stuka | 01/18/07
hello...  Badgered | 01/18/07
Curious about this too  tic swayback | 01/18/07
Here  Richard Flude | 01/18/07
Wow  Badgered | 01/19/07
Applying the law  frgough | 01/19/07
Actually...  Badgered | 01/19/07
While you are right that Apple ....  ShadeTree | 01/19/07
but it was finalized  doh123 | 01/21/07
Is this some kind of troll?  toadlife | 01/18/07
I read the entirity of the article  kodakmak | 01/24/07
It's True -- Sarbannes-Oxley, revenue recognition  vogel.peter@... | 01/18/07
Forensic Accountants disagree.  ShadeTree | 01/19/07
Maybe they're just being paranoid  tic swayback | 01/19/07
re: Maybe they're just being paranoid  Badgered | 01/19/07
Maybe they are just being greedy!  ShadeTree | 01/19/07
Also,  ShadeTree | 01/19/07
I'd like more clarity as well  tic swayback | 01/19/07
It would be even more of book keeping nightmare ....  ShadeTree | 01/19/07
I can understand Apple doing this...  NonZealot | 01/21/07
You're confusing yourself  maxsnorkel | 01/26/07
Innovation in the Accounting Department  rkennel | 01/19/07
doesnt fit  doh123 | 01/21/07
That is not true!  jkirkman | 01/22/07
okay, then: 1 cent  Stan_Krute | 01/22/07
Wrong-just an excuse to charge you  theCPAUSA | 01/18/07
Aren't people paying more than enough for Intel+open source OS  HypnoToad72 | 01/18/07
Thumbs up!  NonZealot | 01/18/07
And what exactly is wrong with that?  Michael Kelly | 01/18/07
Subject = $2 NOT iPod  DalyDose | 01/22/07
really?  doh123 | 01/21/07
Hey, Apple must be reading!  nomorems | 01/18/07
Two lousy bucks?  Roger Ramjet | 01/19/07
Your the one that ....  ShadeTree | 01/19/07
Yup 2 WHOLE Bucks  DalyDose | 01/22/07
Why should it be free?  maxsnorkel | 01/26/07
Paging Rick_K  ShadeTree | 01/19/07
News Flash  ShadeTree | 01/19/07
Disabled or no driver?  justanitguy | 01/19/07
BS  CobraA1 | 01/19/07
actually if you read the statement...  doh123 | 01/21/07
Cup half full folks.  freeflymac | 01/19/07
I doubt its Apple trying to gouge....  JoeMama_z | 01/19/07
more than 50,000  doh123 | 01/21/07
$2.00 - OUTRAGEOUS!  Reverend MacFellow | 01/20/07
Uhmmm  darreno1 | 01/21/07
they do?  doh123 | 01/21/07
I guess sarcasm is new to you  darreno1 | 01/21/07
... a Mac is software ...  An_Axe_to_Grind | 01/21/07
The Apple and Mac advantage isn't about CPU  maxsnorkel | 01/26/07
No big deal, 3rd party hack will render $$ scheme mute  Boot_Agnostic | 01/20/07
Big Deal to ME - It's A Sony = It's a RIPOFF  DalyDose | 01/22/07
I wouldn't say it's a first sign, more like a second  Boot_Agnostic | 01/23/07
Apple stuff on PCs.  DalyDose | 01/22/07
O RLY?  Cheesejam | 01/22/07
$2 is nothing to a $4 cup of coffee  mikebellman | 01/22/07
It's a driver...  DalyDose | 01/22/07
A-friggin-greed!  TrackStar1682 | 01/22/07
You've got the whole thing backward.  maxsnorkel | 01/26/07
So what????  dojunmarn | 01/22/07
Not another weekend MBA  DalyDose | 01/22/07
How does this apply to software upgrades  nnigam | 01/22/07
Pay attention, now and later  frabjous | 01/22/07
The REAL reason for the charge is...  DCMann | 01/23/07
Can you read?  DalyDose | 01/24/07
Hilarious  jab616@... | 05/07/07

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