" My bet is that they know what they're doing. Last time I checked, Apple was a billion-dollar company and Jason Calacanis wrote Mahalo — you do the math."

This is a dangerous way to think. By this reasoning Steve Ballmer does in business would be valid because he is a billionaire and/or runs a multi billion dollar company, and no one would be able to criticise any of his decisions unless they were multi-billionaires too.

Blackwater is a billion dollar company and every "business decision" they make (including killing people in Iraq) is beyond criticism, because (by this logic) unless you run your own mercenary outfit (a claim not many of us can make), you don't have the right to criticize them .

"This is my thoughtful and honest comment "

honest? maybe. "thoughtful" is for other people to say.

"people don't like my colorful similes?"

What similies? I don't see any similies anywhere. I see one interesting point wrapped in a lot of angst.