As we all so fondly recollect, my campaign to be the next Pope failed for a multitude of reasons. The 3 key ones, of course, being:

- I’m not Catholic.
- I’m married.
- No one in the Vatican knows who I am.

So I figured maybe I would throw my hat in the ring and take a run at the Supreme Court. Based upon G-Dub’s precedence of placing completely unqualified people into positions of power, I think this makes me a shoe-in. Should anyone reading this be friends with the President, I would appreciate it if you would help me by telling him all about my qualifications for the highest court in this fine country:

1 - I am an American Citizen.
2 - I have little to no education in our legal system beyond what can be found on Network television drama shows.
3 - I lived in Texas for a really long time.
4 - I would abuse my power on a daily basis by making rulings based upon such random events as coin flips, rock-paper-scissors, and thumb wrestling myself.
5 - I’m tall.
6 - I own a really expensive bottle of beer.

All of your help in my campaign will not only be appreciated but also rewarded. Should any of you end up in a court battle that goes all the way to the top, I will immediately decide in your favor.

Steve Jobs did an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine recently in December of 2003 which Jon pointed out. Of particular interest to me was the following:

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Still, Apple’s market share seems stuck at about 5% in the U.S and 3% worldwide.

So our market share is actually greater than BMW’s — greater than Mercedes — in the car industry. And, yet, no one thinks BMW or Mercedes are going away, and no one thinks that they’re at a tremendous disadvantage because that’s their market share. Matter of fact, they’re both highly desirable products and brands.
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Now pardon my ignorance here, but an Apple computer in NO way compares to a BMW - and I am not talking about any sort of smart-ass “well one is a computer and the other is a car” thing here. I mean straight up in sense of market, competitiveness, use, and all other levels of reasonability.

For one there are scores of car brands & styles out there. Apple generally only compares themselves to Microsoft Windows when they discuss marketshare, competitiveness & other such similar matters. So while BMW may hold a small percentage of the market, to bring the contrary argument forth, Honda does not have a 95% marketshare of all cars being driven on the road today. So as such, that 5% is much stronger and more competitive.

Also - while almost all computers are pretty much equally and competitively priced, not everyone can afford a BMW. If all cars were in a competitively equal price range, I feel fairly confident that BMW’s market percentage would be much larger.

Steve, if you want to make a comparison, you need to make a reasonable one. Citing random statistics to try to make a point when those numbers have no relevance is - to quote our President - “fuzzy math”. If you really wanted to drive your point home you would have cited a more relevant statistic. Your comparison would have drawn a much stronger validation if it had been about the percentage BMW’s sold within its own car class. I’m betting you don’t know because all you saw was “BMW’s compromise less than 5% of all purchased cars in the world,” and thought to yourself “if I say BMW & Apple in the same sentence people will associate my computer company with higher quality products.”

The interview in its entirity can be found here.

This is not as cool as when Spiderman beat the ever-loving snot out of the Planet of the Apes guy, but it is still sweet.

I should curse myself for working so hard & not spending more time idly staring out the window of our office.

DAMNIT!

HOCKEY!

Well actually there is going to be a whole lot more than one word, but that is the word of the day.

Not only does the NHL finally kick off a new season after the debacle of last year, but the Stars host the Kings & its on the local Fox Sports network tonight!

HOCKEY!