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		philwelch on Sept 28, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon Unveils $199 Kindle Fire Tablet > Everyone else failed at the "lesser price" part. Apple's operational mastery and their cornering of the NAND flash market in particular is a big part of this.

ssp on Sept 28, 2011 [–]

And their mastery of PR is a big part of why the transition from Jobs to Cook has gone so smoothly ...

Apple-Guy on Sept 28, 2011 | [–]

WRONG.

Tim Cook has been running operations at Apple for a decade now. Here's a 2006 story about Apple's number two:

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116096027141893457-aw...

achompas on Sept 29, 2011 | | [–]

Downvoted--please try to disagree more tactfully next time.

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