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Al Gore Joins Apple's Board

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I have to agree with Copperpipe, no one is that "dumb" if they make it to a position like Vice President or President of the United States. Most times we call them "dumb" because we don't like them personally or politically, but are they really that "dumb" as in actually mentally retarded?
 
oh no

Mr. Gore received his B.A. in Government with honors from Harvard University.

We're screwed. We have a Harvard honors student working for our company. I knew he was dumb.
 
Originally posted by Foucault
Does this mean that Al Gore's daughters get to do new switch ads? Dude they're hot.
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You got any pics? Unless of course you are one of Gore's people, which in that case.. pics? what pics? (you can't be too careful with the feds these days) 😀
 
Originally posted by jgracia
Does this means Apple will lost all their Republican users?
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Nope. Some people are mature enough to separate computers from politics. Others... evidently... aren't. 🙄
 
Re: Re: You have to be kidding me!!!

Originally posted by Booga
It was, what, 5-10 years ago that everyone was calling him a freak for predicting that the internal combustion engine would be phased out in his lifetime. Now people can't talk enough about fuel cells and hybrid cars that are beginning the process.
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So how soon can I order a fuel cell Mac? Or the solar iPod?

Al Gore has long been interested in technology (he's already a Google Inc. advisor) and he certainly has business connections. It will be interesting to see what he does for Apple. Steve Jobs is known as a control freak (have you heard the Woz knock-knock joke about it?), so I don't think Gore is going to become any kind of spokesperson for Apple.
 
you have got to be kidding me...this has to be a bad joke. What does HE have to offer Apple other than half a dozen recounts of their profits. Just imagine..."This can't be true. This isn't good enough. I wan't a recount." Poor Steve...
 
Re: April Fools?

Originally posted by cosmicsoftceo
Someone at Apple is playing an April Fools' joke, right? Right? Someone tell me this isn't true...

Anyway, this pretty much negates the need for that troublesome politics board--conservatives are anti-Mac!
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Rush uses a mac:

http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2002/01/16.1.shtml

I'm a damned-near fascist (well, at least by San Francisco standards, which is to say, I'm a classical liberal), and I really like the mac. I'm not doctrinare about it like some people, but then, conservatism has been defined as the negation of ideology.

Cheers,
prat
 
Does anyone else remember...

Way back when Mr. Gore was running for President - possibly during the primary - someone asked him about why he was using Windows (I believe he was using a ThinkPad) instead of a Mac. He stated something to the effect that Macs were no longer relevant and were out of date. Granted this was pre-OS X, but not a flattering comment. If I were cynical I'd think this was a flip-flop. If I were even more, I'd say it could have been caused by the money or prestige granted for sitting on the board.

My .02.

I DO think AlGore is a positive addition to the BOD. He's the first quasi-geek VP and he seems to have a vision for technology.

Another .02.
 
This is pretty pathetic.

Al Gore is confabulator, plain and simple. Apple seems to be doing the same lately about expenses and other such related matters. So, it kind of makes sense to me.

Who can forget the "I owned a chicken farm," fiasco? Remember that? Al Gore said that he owned a chicken farm. When a reporter did some digging and research and confronted Al Gore as a liar, Gore had to admit that it was his father actually owned chickens -- and only about 20 at that, not the "10,000" that Gore claimed.

Then there is the issue of "inventing the internet." I guess now that he's with Apple he can legally state that he's associated with inventing the internet.

I think that Steve bringing Gore on is just a desperate measure to bring some money, Democratic deep pockets, into 1 Infinite Loop.

Personally, I got fed up with the peeling paint Titaniums-cracking hinge Titaniums-warping 12-inch Powerbooks (from heat)-raster shift eMacs-cracking case Cubes-'Wind Tunnel' Power Macs-Apple computers and just turned to Sony systems instead. That was topped off by the revelation that my money is jetting Jobs around on a 140 MILLION dollar jet and giving his executives 1.5 MILLION dollar loans. Meanwhile, YOU SUCKERS are fighting with Apple to pay for petty issues like your peeling paint issues.

Now your money can feed and house Gore and his confabulators in addition to Jobs' "largesse living." While he's jetsetting around the globe you Apple consumers and the poor laid-off Apple employees can think about how Apple and Jobs treats all of you.

This is the same as if Bill Gates was so desperate that he brought George Bush (Jr. or Sr.) onto the board of directors at Microsoft. It's so partisan it's pathetic.

Apple must be desperate.

One more thing?

I thought that Steve-O really was losing his grip as a CEO who was able to make good and objective decisions.

Now this only confirms my belief of the same.

Now I'm convinced that Steve is past his "sell date" at this point.

Steve, STEP DOWN!
 
Re: Does anyone else remember...

Originally posted by Boffo Dennis
Way back when Mr. Gore was running for President - possibly during the primary - someone asked him about why he was using Windows (I believe he was using a ThinkPad) instead of a Mac. He stated something to the effect that Macs were no longer relevant and were out of date.
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No, he said he had to switch because the software he needed wasn't Mac-native and he couldn't wait any longer. It was a business decision that he had to make. I believe I read that he also said that Apple was coming back around with the iMac around the same time he had to reverse switch.
 
Does anyone else think that iThink's above post sounds a little like flamebait? Please moderate!

More to the point, Gore has a pretty interesting resume that might very well suit a company like Apple. He's had an interesting and broad career, serving as a journalist, politician, and educator. His educational pedigree is indisputable (Harvard and Vanderbilt). I also think it's unfair to argue against him as one of the true forward thinkers in modern politics. Sure, the election was a debacle. Get over it. Here in the present the addition of Gore to Apple's board of directors lends Apple some publicity, insight into tech trends, higher education, and government policy, and most importantly the board gains a real political insider who still carries a great degree of clout in Washington. Smart move, Apple! Keep up the good work.
 
For someone with such a firm and solid gripe against Apple, why do you waste your time reading articles and posting in discussion groups.

Surely someone who seemed to have bought every product in the Apple universe and thrown every one of them out the window, would be ticked off to an extent of which you would never want to hear of Apple again?

Why don't you go join your Sony funboys and stopp wasting your own "precious" time here reading this?

Oh, and bolding your whole story only makes it harder to read.
 
Want to know why I'm angry?

We have a WAR going on.

For Steve to announce a decision like this on the day that we may have Americans DYING in a war is pretty pathetic.

It is, literally, 2 minutes until the time that the countdown to war is over and here Steve goes and announces this kind of thing.

Have a LITTLE respect is what I say.

It's disgusting.
 
Originally posted by iThink
Want to know why I'm angry?

We have a WAR going on.

For Steve to announce a decision like this on the day that we may have Americans DYING in a war is pretty pathetic.

It is, literally, 2 minutes until the time that the countdown to war is over and here Steve goes and announces this kind of thing.

Have a LITTLE respect is what I say.

It's disgusting.
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Not to be rude, but WHAT IN THE SWEET HELL DOES ANY OF THIS HAVE TO DO WITH APPLE? Didn't you get that memo about life as usual going on here in the real world even while global events unfold. Christ, if Apple ceased operation every time a global crisis occured they'd be shutting down every other Tuesday. Moreover, no Americans died in Iraq today because THERE IS NO WAR YET. Where are the moderators to stop garbage like this? Get a clue, man.
 
Steve is a demo if iam not mistaken, this makes him not better not worse just food for thought. Apple is still the best computer company and Gore will be a fine addition for the Board.
 
that invention of the internet jibe

become familiar with Snopes. com and other watchdog organizations, like, FAIR.ORG.
you'll find that urban legends aren't something which hold up like those raggity teddy bears you likely sleep with, folks.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.htm

Al Gore and Rush Limbaugh use Macs. alot of people use Macs. The one thing you should all hope is that more people end up using Macs.
For Apple to restructure their boards with well-connected people who just so happen to NOT be vendors or technilogical partners is a good thing. They, and all corporations, need board diversity (though not entirely, or exclusively like J. Jackson wanted. though that would be cool, too)
Having Gore on their can't hurt anymore or less than having Steve Jobs as CEO can hurt or help. You should all just hope Apple can expand their market share and keep making desirable products that people want to put in their homes and in their offices so they can be more productive.
end rant.
 
You're right...

No, he said he had to switch because the software he needed wasn't Mac-native and he couldn't wait any longer. It was a business decision that he had to make. I believe I read that he also said that Apple was coming back around with the iMac around the same time he had to reverse switch.
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You are correct about the reason he was using the ThinkPad. Thanks for the correction. I don't remember him saying Apple was coming back, but hey... I was wrong before.

As for some of the other opinions expressed here... iThink not. I don't agree with AlGore's politics, but I don't agree with Steve Jobs' either. I don't pay money for hardware because of politics, I pay money for a quality product.

DW
 
Oh please let this not be true, Gore is so stupid. Why couldn't they do Bush?!?!? I hope Gore doesn't push away conservatives like me, because I really hate Windows.
 
Re: Re: Re: Good God Please: NO!!!

Originally posted by imaginereno
HOW ODD...I THOUGHT THIS WAS ABOUT AL GORE?????

Also, please don't make accusations that you can't substantiate.

One more thing....This is about Apple and Apple Computers, not politics. So, let's keep it ON TOPIC.

Thank you!
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Hahahaha. Wait, let's see: go back to YOUR post in this thread:

Is this a joke?

Mr. Al "I invented the internet" Gore?

The idiot that took him over a month to realize and accept that he LOST the election?

Why don't you just have my dog serve as a board member? My dog would have just as much to offer in terms of intelligence!!!!

Was Steve smoking a joint when he typed up this press release????

Geeezzz!!!!!
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Wow, see, I was responding to what you said. What an interesting concept!

This issue IS about politics because many people on this board think that this was a wrong decision, based on the fact that Al Gore was/is highly involved in politics.

Now, watch me "substantiate" my claims:

http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/29/election.naacp.reut/

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/apr2001/flor-a09_prn.shtml

http://www.globalexchange.org/democracy/news2001/washpost053101.html

http://www.arc.org/C_Lines/CLArchive/story4_1_04.html

Yes, blacks were harassed at the polls, and they were denied the right to vote. Don't tell me you're one of those ignorant Americans who doesn't know about this.

So, yes, this is on topic.
 
Wait!

Apple said that there were "one or two positions" available, remember?

I bet they put Bill Clinton on the board also. Oh, that's right. Guess they wouldn't -- the sexual harrassment suits wouldn't be good spin for Apple.

But, there's still "Senator" Hillary Clinton.
 
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