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You misunderstand. Minimizing margins and maximizing revenues are not mutually exclusive. Also, saying an entity is publicly traded irrelevant, as you are sug
by ruby_on_rails 14y ago
You misunderstand. Minimizing margins and maximizing revenues are not mutually exclusive. Also, saying an entity is publicly traded irrelevant, as you are suggesting we know every detail about a company simply by reviewing their financial documents and investor relations mail; this is not the case.
Furthermore, I will happily make the "extraordinary" claim that, in general, large companies are incentivized to minimize margins to reap the tax benefits. Then again I am Joe Blow with a whole 46 karma, therefore, I must not be as smart or knowledgeable as a lurker like you with 1000's of karma, right? (oh and this one is a rhetorical question)
As usual on this particular site, if someone doesn't like the truth, they simply think its wrong because they don't like it. I half expected to get super down voted by all the closed minded individuals that have <~500 karma, but I guess you had the skeleton shift ehh tptacek.
As far as the golden goose goes, even if they scrap the program they are still better off. Does it sound better pouring far more money into building what you think is a golden goose only to make a lemon? That and they still have the system if they want to modify it and roll it out again a couple years from now. Also, they got the system right away and immediately got feedback from it. They saved a lot of time, time that they will use now on more lucrative projects.
- tptacek 14y agoBest Buy is priced in the market in part based on their margins.
- ruby_on_rails 14y agoI can only assume that you have failed every economics course you have ever taken, because if you left without understanding the concept of supply and demand orthe concept of value, then there is really nothing I can say to you other than avoid procreating. Though I certainly wish market pricing was determined via plot hole. It would certainly lead to more entertaining conversations. Next you can explain to me why the world is flat or why water is made up of hydrogen and nitrogen, or some other fundementally flawed concept. Have you written any books? I think I could do an entire 2-hour talk on just how fucking stupid you are. You my friend are a gold mine. Ohh maybe you have a blog. But, in all seriousness, avoid procreating, there are enough retarded people that society has to care for.
- dfc 14y agoThat is the nastiest comment I have ever seen on HN. Why?
- ruby_on_rails 14y agoI want you to read my very first comment and reply back if you thought I was incorrect in any of my reasoning. If you did find an error, then think about how you would reply and what reasoning you would use to support your argument. On a separate sheet of paper, do the same thing as before only this time, do not support your argument with reasoning or evidence, add sarcasm, add some disrespect, and generally make you statement sound like you are a complete asshole. Compare your results. The fact that I have to explain to you what manners are, or why they make the difference between me treating you with respect and me treating you like a complete piece of trash, is frankly bewildering. If you wouldn't respond to a coworker/colleague like that, then you have no business responding to me like that, or anyone else for that matter. If a coworker/colleague had responded to me as he/she did, they would have had more problems then just a nasty comment. Good day!