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Apple CEO Tim Cook Pokes Fun at Windows PCs in Commencement Address at MIT
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Exactly. Kind of like how the last time I was in Manhattan it rained, and since there's somebody else in Manhattan now, it's probably going to rain there today, too.
Worst mistake of Steve's life (hiring of Sculley included).
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True, but then literally every single thing Timmy does these days is click bait. Timmy's a walking click bait headline.
Tim Cooks original draft:
"...And to you, class of 2017. You are the college generation that proved that Apple was so far ahead that we literally didn't have to put any effort into improving our products during your entire college careers! And with that minimal effort we were able to charge you more and make ourselves more profitable...
Let's give it up for Profits!!!"
"...And to you, class of 2017. You are the college generation that proved that Apple was so far ahead that we literally didn't have to put any effort into improving our products during your entire college careers! And with that minimal effort we were able to charge you more and make ourselves more profitable...
Let's give it up for Profits!!!"
Strange really poking fun at PCs - I can't recall he has ever created a tech giant from scratch?
"Serving humanity" how can you serve humanity with a DonglesBook? lol
Ugh...god this guy is boring. Just boring. Clone Steve already.
new headline, LOL:
Tim Cook jokes about the fact he used to work at Compaq and IBM and it flies over almost everyones' heads.
Tim Cook jokes about the fact he used to work at Compaq and IBM and it flies over almost everyones' heads.
Working with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Cook said he eventually learned "life's biggest and most important question" being "how can I serve humanity?"
surely not by re-releasing existing products with dumbed-down specs, dropping the price, and calling it a new product
surely not by re-releasing existing products with dumbed-down specs, dropping the price, and calling it a new product
By making it thinner.
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I couldn't agree more. If the government were suddenly given large amounts of unexpected cash, I have little confidence at this point that it would be spent well.
Um. Not entirely sure if you are being sarcastic. I just bought a 27" 1440p Asus Republic of Gamers display and it is the best piece of hardware I've ever owned. And when my iPhone dies I'll be replacing it with a Samsung.
There is already an Apple campus in Austin... It's their second largest by employee count in the world IIRC. There's actually two campuses in Austin, one does all the US based HR, finance, and most of the AOS account management for non-enterprise business, and one does chip research and SOME POC production.
As the whole world seems to know except you Apple only paid around 2% overall taxes in Ireland instead of properly taxing the money where the profit gain actually happens, see also https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/31/technology/apple-tax-eu-ireland.html?_r=0 This sounds quite interesting for a company that "only wants to serve humanity". See also: http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/30/technology/apple-tax-ruling-numbers/index.html see also http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/apple-offshore-taxes_n_3307591.html and many, many more ... Apple seems to be very good at avoiding paying taxes. That's a fact. I'm sorry if this disturbs some fanboy feelings. It's a matter of fact, as with other multi-national companies too (e.g. Starbucks). And while many big companies are doing so, it's still not fair. IIRC there were also court hearings in the US regarding Apple taxation ...
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It's as if you haven't even seen the two new iMessage effects!
Right. Let's all give more to the government because we all know they're such great stewards of our hard-earned money.
If Apple keeps it, at least you know you can get a piece of that by buying shares of AAPL.
What you should really be asking is why the government needs more than twice as much now as they did during JFK years. Social security? Medicaid? Ok, sure, except they burned through all of those funds too.
I agree. It was a funny line.
Not everything has to be about innovation. I've had my share of complaints about Apple's direction lately but this isn't one of them. What is he supposed to say? I was going to give a speech, but instead I give you a holographic audiovisual presentation beamed from space! Right? It's just a speech. Keep your panties on, people. No need for panic.
It's interesting to hear successful people talk about "finding purpose" and it's usually something very lofty like "serving humanity." The reality is that success is largely based on luck. You can improve your odds through education, risk-taking or networking. There are ways, but still - luck plays a huge role. In retrospect, we can all come up with quotable life lessons for all to follow. The truth about success is a little more complicated, I think.
Rest assured at least one person got that this was satire.
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I think "iPod a failure" was intended to be the giveaway line.
I don't use operating systems that are so crippled they don't even have a file browser.