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Originally Posted by cigar Jobs also never thanked the Mac community for their countless efforts of keeping the brand name alive in times when Windows was ruling the world in the 90's. Don't forget the zillions of fansites were Mac-geeks are helping, reeinventing applications for their beloved OS and nowadays are being confronted with the new policy of Apple inc. and especially their legal department. |
- Steve was not CEO of Apple during most of the 1990's.
- Steve Jobs is not the sum total of Apple, nor is he responsible for every thing Apple does. There is no reason to personally target Steve.
- Its not normal corporate practice to say "Thanks everyone for having faith in us when we were in hard times." It lacks business panache.
- What new policy are you talking about? Is there somthing Apple is doing, or a legal stance they have, that you're actually concerned about? Or is this just a misdirected "feeling"?
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Originally Posted by cigar Then there is his public predictions at his Keynotes that he cannot back up after a while and cannot even accurately predict. |
Sorry, what predictions? Has Steve ever made a promise at the Keynote presentations that Apple hasn't been able to meet?
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Originally Posted by cigar Steve Jobs needs a wakeup call on this idiotic prediction business he's manufactured. Swing away at me, but I call them as I see them and I see Jobs opening the company up to unnecessary criticism. My advice? Mr. Jobs should keep his mouth shut regarding predictions that state hard numbers that can be missed and easily refuted. Just announce iTunes sales numbers and GHz speeds as he has them in hand. |
He usually does. The G5 figures predicted at the last keynote have been met. It was one of the only occassions I can recall on which Steve actually dropped a hint of future directions for Apple, and one which will still prove to be realistic, give or take 2 months.
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Originally Posted by cigar I have an advice for dear old Steve: "don't set goals in public if you aren't damn sure that you can hit them. You'll just give your foes ammunition otherwise; even if the ammo you're providing are duds, they can still wound." |
The goals set by Steve are just that: goals
They have almost been met. iTMS now holds 70% of the direct-download music sales market. The G5 processors being shipped by IBM now are running at the speeds Steve said they would be at this time (I think the words he used were
"mid-way through 2004", and this was stated over a year ago).
If anything, I would trust the carefully thought out words of Steve Jobs during a Keynote far more than any of the poorly spelt, poorly worded and non-specific musings I've seen on various forums lately.
Enough said...No personal offense meant, I just think you should research what you say and be specific if you're going to make personal attacks against someone.