It sounds more like a horse’s butt giving a little guy the back of his hand. The arrogant POS is too far removed from his own struggling days, and doesn’t appreciate the man’s dilemma. And doesn’t care.
It sounds more like a horse’s butt giving a little guy the back of his hand.
Jobs is real tough to work with. He always has been. But, it's the being real tough to work with that has made him and the company successful. He'll get on his workers' cases for what others would consider the smallest of things in products that are being developed, being totally nit-picky about everything and demanding way beyond what anyone else in other companies would ever dare to do and/or demand.
However, that is precisely what has made these products successful. And as a user and consumer (for these products) I'm glad that someone is that demanding and nit-picky about them.
Believe me, the people who work for him shake in their shoes if they see him coming down the hall... LOL...
But, the customers love the results and also Wall Street loves the results.
The arrogant POS is too far removed from his own struggling days, and doesn’t appreciate the man’s dilemma. And doesn’t care.
Ummmm..., Jobs didn't struggle even in the beginning... LOL...
And, on the contrary, I think Jobs does appreciate this man's problem, while at the same time, Jobs is not going to hamper his legal team when protecting the company's rights, in terms of names and trademarks.
Jobs' appreciation of this man's problem was exemplified when Jobs wrote back to him. Jobs knows marketing. He knew that this one response was going to give this guy more "marketing power" for his product than he had in the last ten years combined... :-)
Jobs is the marketing expert and he knew exactly what he was doing when he wrote back to that developer.
A blurb from iPhone Savior ...
Steve Jobs Advises The Little App Factory On Re-branding Apps
The shareware in question, now safely renamed iRip, lets you copy and transfer your songs from an iPod and iPhone back to your computer. It appears that the response from Jobs is quite possibly the best thing that's happened to The Little App Factory in a long time.
Proving once again, as it's been true for several iPhone app developers, "rejection is the new acceptance". Delivering more attention for Devor's company in the press than he could have ever afforded to purchase otherwise.
So go ahead and download a copy of iRip for yourself. You have Steve Jobs to thank for it. The man is a marketing genius who understands how to re-invent. For him, the re-branding concept was "no big deal". iRip is really a much better name anyhow and the new icon rocks.
And there you have it... :-)