The fun just gets a little rough sometimes.
Posted on 07/18/2004 3:37:54 PM PDT by klimeckg
If you have not seen the cover of Newsweek, it shows the face of Steve Jobs of Apple computer holding an iPod. The heading reads: iPod, therefore i Am. Now this was not as blatant as John Lennon saying that the Beatles were greater than Jesus Christ, but it comes very close. If one recalls, John Lennon did not live a long life. And it is reported that Wang computers fell due to such boasting. I am told that Mr. Wang put his name in big letters on the top of the Wang building in Boston. When asked why he did this, he said he wanted all to know who Wang was. Shortly after this, he died and his son took over and that was the end of Wang computers.
So, when I see commerce using the scriptures to promote themselves I track the time and see what befalls them. Now, whether Mr. Jobs said this or simply allowed Newsweek to use the line I do not know, but he must have approved of it. My brother worked for Apple and has a few stories to tell about Mr. Jobs' character and person which are not at all surprising, but are not the warm fuzzy feelings one would think of the Apple CEO. I am not surprised to see Mr. Jobs building his Babylonian tower to the heavens in defiance and making such claims. I am curious to see how things pan out from this day forward.
-Klimeckg
Yea, that's quite funny. Man, one slip up and your toast.
I got your numbers! I got all your numbers! :-)
How do you figure?
And since when do we use such terms as "hateful" to describe communication, thoughgts, and ideas around here?
We aren't the leftists and thought police.
Sheesh!
It seems Apple is imbedding itself into the entertainment biz as a hedge. The Ipod is the tip of the iceberg. Revenue streams now include legal downloads of songs. That gives Apple a Wal-Mart like front end power that the other computer makers don't have....yet.
If Apple keeps innovating, for example the new 30" cinema screen is awesome, they will be fine.
Once they stop wowing the consumer, they'll die. Don't bet on that happening..
Sadly - you know I'm being serious ;)
i did not imply such.
Yes, I see where you are going with this.
Arrogance of man and all.
Good call.
Apple innovates-how much more American can you get?
Yes, I know. Thanks.
I learned how to imitate Neil Diamond: Exhale all the air from your lungs, then start singing without inhaling. Not easy, but it works.
"Deprived of a mother to love him, Descartes divorced Mind from Matter"--Auden
Yeah -- I was stuned how inexpensive it was...
Wrong. Apple just had their best 3rd quarter in 8 years.
There is a worldwide shortage of Macs because Apple and IBM can't make them fast enough to meet the demand.
You can't make that big a mistake around here and not take a bit of a shellacking. Other than that one whacko post about "hateful" I think you're getting an appropriate, good-natured, ribbing.
I think your point is "pride goeth before a fall" but I think that territory is pretty well mined out.
And you do realize that each one of these founders is either dead or will die one day. ;)
I can transfer DVDs to my media card and watch them anywhere, anytime.
Right now it is streaming NASA TV. I may take it into the bathroom when I shower.
I can check my non-web based email and browse Free Republic anywhere I can get a wireless connection. I have my Outlook contacts, Word and Excel.
iPAQ, therefore I am.
No, he believed in God.
The point is, and it's nothing new that he is claiming himself a god...
Where does he claim "himself a god"? A magazine puts a headline on his picture, and you accuse JOBS of proclaiming himself a god?
You are a sad little moron.
Indeed. Its truly ridiculous conclusion is only overshadowed by the factually defective premise.
If the poster is this concerned about the evils of people putting their names on products and companies, one wonders what his take must be on "Oral Roberts University" or "Bob Jones University" etc.
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