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Posted on 01/31/2011 3:35:33 PM PST by Swordmaker
"The global chairman and CEO of home networking giant Netgear has launched into a scathing attack on Apple and its founder Steve Jobs, criticising Jobs's 'ego' and Apple's closed up products," Asher Moses reports for The Sydney Morning Herald. "At a lunch in Sydney today, Patrick Lo said Apple's success was centred on closed and proprietary products that would soon be overtaken by open platforms like Google's Android."
MacDailyNews Take: Patrick Lo is dead wrong. Here's why from someone who predicted the iPhone over 4 years before Steve Jobs unveiled it. What was the Patrick Lo doing in 2002? Making some of the world's crappiest routers. As usual.
Moses continues, "Lo said Apple's closed model only worked because, in many product categories like MP3 players, 'they own the market.'"
MacDailyNews Take: Why do they own the market, dummy? Hello?
Moses continues, "However, he said this was only a temporary state of affairs and pointed to the fact that Google's open-source Android platform for smartphones - which any manufacturer can use for free - recently overtook iPhone in market share in the US."
MacDailyNews Take: "A temporary state of affairs" that's going on a decade now, genius.
Moses continues, "'Once Steve Jobs goes away, which is probably not far away, then Apple will have to make a strategic decision on whether to open up the platform,' said Lo."
MacDailyNews Take: Anyone who remotely understands what Steve Jobs means to the world, which, oh-by-the-way, includes delivering WiFi to the masses, without which there would likely be no Netgear, should have at least a bit of respect. Especially a dime-a-dozen CEO of a dime-a-dozen company that specializes in buggy routers. What's our standard response whenever we run into WiFi connection issues? "Netgear. Pure crap." It ought to be their company slogan.
Moses continues, "[Lo said] 'Ultimately a closed system just can't go that far ... If they continue to close it and let Android continue to creep up then it's pretty difficult as I see it.'"
MacDailyNews Take: That's the problem, you don't see it. Oh, for a natural inhibition that would give the visionless pause before critiquing the visionary.
Moses continues, "Lo also criticised Jobs's public thrashing of the Adobe Flash format, attributing it to his 'ego.' 'What's the reason for him to trash Flash? There's no reason other than ego,' he said. Asked if he had relayed any of his concerns about Apple's closed platform to Jobs, Lo said: 'Steve Jobs doesn't give me a minute!'"
MacDailyNews Take: Steve Jobs doesn't suffer fools and he's already explained quite clearly why he's sparing iOS users from Adobe's Flash.
Moses continues, "Never afraid to speak his mind, Lo also said Netgear had seen a boom in sales of its Wi-Fi network booster product due to the trend of people taking their iPads with them into the bathroom. The extenders are used to boost the wireless signal so it can reach other rooms."
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: We wouldn't buy a Netgear product if you paid us ten times the asking price. They're just pieces of junk from a company headed by an ungrateful, tactless dimwit.
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Wow. Sounds like someone hit a nerve.
Where's your usual "No personal attacks" disclaimer?
I've never had a problem with any Netgear product. In fact it's running most of my home network.
I’m an Apple fan, but the gap in user experience between the Android Tablet and the iPad is a fraction of what it is between Snow Leopard and Windows. That’s a reality that Apple is going to have to contend with, as Android tablets are available for around 60% of the cost of their iPad competitors while providing 95% of the functionality.
They were so lazy they didn't even strip out the headers and obfuscate the variable names.
They are not even close except that they both are tablets! Fun is part of the iOS xperience. Function is superior. Android will never be as good, they will continue to follow the leader!
lack of editorial objectivity makes this as useless as something from HuffPo or Kos.
Steve Jobs vision HAS been a major competitive factor for Apple, it would have been interesting to read a discussion of THAT.
PFL
Okaaaayyyyyy....you just keeping telling yourself that if it gets you through the day.
I get thru the day jes' fine. I bought AAPL at $13!
I’m happy to hear about your good fortune. But you are absolutely wrong about Android.
Google and Apple’s competition simply copy Apple’s product ideas. Is there a market for these copy-cat’s? Sure.
Are these companies innovative? Not even close!
Apple spends the money on ideas, R & D and product development and then these other vultures slide in with their own version of Apple’s innovative products.
These vulture companies had better pray that Jobs and Apple continue on their innovative product development. Otherwise, how will they be able to “copy” Apple’s innovative products?
Not ONE of their products is an innovation, only a copy of Apple’s!
Excellent point. That is how I was introduced to Apple, through an iPod touch. It's an excellent product. And now Apple sells more digital music through iTunes than all physical CDs sold anywhere. It's an amazing accomplishment. But Apple did this through a superior product and user experience.
So if a company manufactures an Android tablet or phone, does that mean they will have to pay an extra fee to Oracle to use the code? That might cut into their profits a bit.
/ rhetorical question.
The article contained an attack upon Steve Jobs, and the author of the article attacked the CEO of Netgear for so doing in return. The “no personal attacks” caveat applies to FReepers responding to the article and to one another. It doesn’t apply to the article. Neither Jobs nor the CEO of Netgear are FReepers or present on this thread to my knowledge. If either of them were, you’d have a point.
Meh. My Netgear router works just fine. And we have iPhones, a Mac Book Air, as well as several PC products scattered around the house.
Apple fanbois need to not get so bent out of shape when their living icon is criticized. Argue the points with facts.
>>>Argue the points with facts.
The Netgear sphincter should try that.
What Android tablets? Do you have the model names and prices? The Samsung Galaxy Tab (7 inch) is smaller than the iPad and retails for $749.00. You can shop around and probably get $100.00 off that price. Does it have 95% of the functionality of the iPad? Nope.
The iPad starts at $499.00.
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