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Let me clear that out before anyone comes in flaming and cursing that such is not true.
I am one of folk whois of the "old guard" from the past who was there when Apple made his rise to the top of the world and Steve Jobs was the wizzkid who gave us the wellknown "mac" feeling.Yes my first Mac was a macintosh 512K with all the hoopla after i saw that great commercial at the superbowl.What a joy i had with my Macintosh wich i still have after all these years.Anyhow...i got a chance after a while to be an intern at the Apple HQ in Cupertino doing nothing technical but beeing there to learn the ropes regarding sales-techniques and helping out doing those things interns have to do.(yep even then Apple was multifuctional)
Later on while growing up i sold all my Apple-stock in time before all the troubles began and moved on in life and visited certain "Keynotes" since 1996 till 2001.
I've seen Apple's up and downside and today i don't like what i see on certain moments:
What my greatest dislike of Apple inc.now is compared to the past is that Steve Jobs has turned 180 degrees regarding his earlier vision Then beeing a Macuser was something of "us" vs "them".After Apple was saved by Microsoft (ok..i called that intrest wich was long over due) and Steve Jobs made peace with Bill Gates i saw a shift wich most of the earlier mac-rebels like me disliked. Yes it was seen as treason of the highest order and infact i was there that day in Boston when the alliance was made and certain Mac-fanatic's were ready to hurt/kill Steve Jobs that day on stage for what he did(alliance with Gates) Yes....that deep was/is the hate against Microsoft.Why is that? Cause it is still indirectly seen that it was trough Microsoft that Apple lost the edge in the computer-business because of their copy of the userinterface.( yeah i know Apple also made some terrible executive decisions)
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 beeing confronted with the new policy of Apple inc. and especially their legal department.Is that the gratfullness towards those who were there when Apple was almost dead? Then there is his public predictions at his Keynotes that he cannot back up after a while and cannot even accurately predict.
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. 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."
I am one of folk whois of the "old guard" from the past who was there when Apple made his rise to the top of the world and Steve Jobs was the wizzkid who gave us the wellknown "mac" feeling.Yes my first Mac was a macintosh 512K with all the hoopla after i saw that great commercial at the superbowl.What a joy i had with my Macintosh wich i still have after all these years.Anyhow...i got a chance after a while to be an intern at the Apple HQ in Cupertino doing nothing technical but beeing there to learn the ropes regarding sales-techniques and helping out doing those things interns have to do.(yep even then Apple was multifuctional)
Later on while growing up i sold all my Apple-stock in time before all the troubles began and moved on in life and visited certain "Keynotes" since 1996 till 2001.
I've seen Apple's up and downside and today i don't like what i see on certain moments:
What my greatest dislike of Apple inc.now is compared to the past is that Steve Jobs has turned 180 degrees regarding his earlier vision Then beeing a Macuser was something of "us" vs "them".After Apple was saved by Microsoft (ok..i called that intrest wich was long over due) and Steve Jobs made peace with Bill Gates i saw a shift wich most of the earlier mac-rebels like me disliked. Yes it was seen as treason of the highest order and infact i was there that day in Boston when the alliance was made and certain Mac-fanatic's were ready to hurt/kill Steve Jobs that day on stage for what he did(alliance with Gates) Yes....that deep was/is the hate against Microsoft.Why is that? Cause it is still indirectly seen that it was trough Microsoft that Apple lost the edge in the computer-business because of their copy of the userinterface.( yeah i know Apple also made some terrible executive decisions)
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 beeing confronted with the new policy of Apple inc. and especially their legal department.Is that the gratfullness towards those who were there when Apple was almost dead? Then there is his public predictions at his Keynotes that he cannot back up after a while and cannot even accurately predict.
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. 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."