well outsourcing is viable if the dollar has overwhelming purchasing power in the target country. This could change sooner rather than later. -jmz On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 1:35 PM, keith smith wrote: > I sure hope outsourcing becomes null and void. What do you base this on? > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > > --- On *Mon, 5/17/10, Joshua Zeidner * wrote: > > > From: Joshua Zeidner > > Subject: Re: ditching Apple products due to boycotts? > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Date: Monday, May 17, 2010, 12:55 PM > > > > > Clearly they are doing it for symbolic purposes... which is why we should > do it right back to them. Apple products are overpriced and overpromoted > anyway. They are a California based company but they certainly do most of > their work overseas. The way things are currently going the outsourcing > equation will change, and possibly become invalid. > > -jmz > > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Steve Phariss > > wrote: > >> And this is why boycotts are stupid... if you take it to the logical >> conclusion no one can buy anything. >> >> >> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Nadim Hoque >> > wrote: >> >>> The thing is that Apple is based in california and that's where the >>> design their products. Then again if we were to boycott all of california >>> products wouldn't we have to ban our networking infrastructure because we >>> the hardware is mostly based in california? >>> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Kurt Granroth >>> > >>> Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 13:23:48 >>> To: >>> > >>> Subject: Re: ditching Apple products due to boycotts? >>> >>> On 5/16/10 12:54 PM, Joshua Zeidner wrote: >>> > Hello PLUG, >>> > >>> > I am wondering if anyone is switching off Apple products due to the >>> > recent Los Angeles boycott of Arizona: >>> > >>> > >>> http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/05/12/20100512los-angeles-boycott-vote-over-arizona-immigration-law12-ON.html >>> > >>> > < >>> http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/05/12/20100512los-angeles-boycott-vote-over-arizona-immigration-law12-ON.html> >>> Hopefully >>> > they will choose Linux. >>> >>> What does any of this have to do with Apple? >>> >> > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --