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Re:Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense,... by ericd on Friday August 16, 2013 @07:18PM (#6227416)
Did I miss HP turning around and becoming an awesome company again? Has Apple been doing as well as it did under Jobs? Do you think it still will be in 5 years?
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Re:Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense,... by dkrich on Monday August 19, 2013 @12:50PM (#6238197)
Did I miss HP turning around and becoming an awesome company again?

Apparently. Have you checked the stock market lately?

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Re:Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense,... by ericd on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @04:57AM (#6248933)
Yeah, we're in the middle of a massive bull run which has swelled every company in my portfolio like a balloon. And the correlation between stock price and awesome company in the short run is really really tenuous. Many of the less savory leaders out there have a penchant for making short term profits look awesome by killing off investment in long term prospects, and the market eats it up.
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