The Steve Jobs Effect...on the Backdating Scandal

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For whatever reasons?and they could range from a principled belief in his innocence, to a pragmatic understanding of his importance to Apple?s financial well-being-- Apple?s board has backed Jobs despite pressure that would have led many companies to have asked him long ago to resign for the good of the team. Certainly, plenty of lesser known CEOs have been forced out, based on far less evidence (publicly-disclosed evidence, anyway) of involvement in backdating than Apple has admitted about Jobs.
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Sure, for decades now, people have been replacing their mobile phones more and more frequently -- most recently, every 18 months. That means that if cell phone makers or carriers decide to add new functionalities to these phone when they are already in use, they could, potentially, do that over the air. If consumers are able to get new applications this way, I think some of them will stick with their phones longer. So, why splurge on a new phone?
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