This week's episode of "As the Apple Peels"

Gil Amelio, Apple CEO, talks to customers about Apple's quarterly loss and why you should still be optimistic about Apple's future.

Meanwhile, an online petition has been started at a web site devoted to a grass-roots effort to stop Larry Ellison's attempt to take over Apple.

Apple Recon has some background coverage on Apple's own attempts to fend off Ellison. It also wants you to know (as stated on on a special web page) that it does not endorse the idea of taking all your money and buying Apple stock. (Whew! I am glad they warned me.)