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Google's Larry Page Claims Steve Jobs' War on Android Was 'For Show'
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Great, now that we have that settled, would it be too much to ask for everyone to get off of Google's back over Android? Its Linux, its free and it can be used for anything/everything.
It's really disgusting seeing all this ridiculous obsession with mindless devotion to Apple and irrational hatred on Android. Theyre brands, nothing more.
dude... really. Calm down!
War...? "We all hate..."? Are you insane?
Seriously, speak for yourself. Competition is better for everyone - and it's what made Apple a decent competitor in the first place. Plus, (just curious) why do you care so much about android?
Nobody wants Apple with a 100% share of anything. If you understood the implications, you wouldn't either.
cheers!
True. But since Steve is dead, he's also not likely to come back and tell Businessweek how full of crap Larry Page is.
I've I had a billion upvotes to give, they'd all go to you for this statement. Alas, I only have the one.
And I'm giving it to you even after making fun of me over the ergonomics thing, which really hurt my feelings.
Microsoft made a $150,000,000 investment... AND... Steve Jobs came back.
Then the opposite of bankruptcy happened under Steve's watch...
As far as I'm concerned anyone who makes a comment about Steve (especially on the record such as this) is an attempt to grab limelight from the buzz his name still generates, and or an attempt to "set things straight" so to speak.
Either way Larry you are a dirty thief.
Either way Larry you are a dirty thief.
Larry P is such a s. bag
I'm disgusted by smart kids who think they are the centre of the universe.
You must have really despised Steve Jobs.
Apparently some newcomers to this thread didn't care to read it from the beginning, and are just repeating what has already been said.
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+1 for your funny and sarcastic comment.
Um, actually, he did. He even gave Schmidt a prototype to carry and use.
Not a chance of the truth in that, if it's ever written.
Give Steve Credit, Page.
This is how Apple works. Page learned this from Steve. He should give Steve credit for this.
This is how Apple works. Page learned this from Steve. He should give Steve credit for this.
Wow... really?
I never knew that!
That shows Steve's misplaced trust in Schmidt... no wonder he was pissed!
Microsoft made a $150,000,000 investment... AND... Steve Jobs came back.
Then the opposite of bankruptcy happened under Steve's watch...
Um go read this
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/apple/stop-the-lies-the-day-that-microsoft-saved-apple/7036
The measure of this guy
If he really believes that, he didn't understand Steve in the slightest. If he's saying it to be deceptive, knowing it isn't true but that it will be accepted as true by the stupid ones, then he's a jerk.
If he really believes that, he didn't understand Steve in the slightest. If he's saying it to be deceptive, knowing it isn't true but that it will be accepted as true by the stupid ones, then he's a jerk.
Which part of my comment was untrue?
Microsoft DID make a $150 million investment.
Steve Jobs DID come back.
And... Apple has made a healthy recovery since then.
Steve Jobs was a brilliant taskmaster. His accomplishments are well known & documented.
That said, he did exhibit an extreme level of narcissism. So full of himself his obsession to destroy Android, & many others speaks volumes about his inner conflicts.
Anyone who's read about other brilliant minds, knows these people do have a bizarre side. Steve has been elevated & placed on the highest pedestal in the land, now more than ever.
It's a bit over the top.
That said, he did exhibit an extreme level of narcissism. So full of himself his obsession to destroy Android, & many others speaks volumes about his inner conflicts.
Anyone who's read about other brilliant minds, knows these people do have a bizarre side. Steve has been elevated & placed on the highest pedestal in the land, now more than ever.
It's a bit over the top.
My point was that you don't launch lawsuits "just for show". It is more likely that Steve's mentorship for Larry was "just for show".
Really? You mean Windows wouldn't have any fonts, because surely you know that Apple created TrueType fonts, don't you?
Looking at where Apple has been... and where it is now... I'd say Steve's crazy antics worked. Oddball? Yes. Success story? Absolutely.
Now think about RIM's former co-CEOs... and all CEOs that shuffled in and out of HP over the last couple of years.
Maybe those companies need a shot of craziness too
Sure Larry, sure...now if you could just lay off that crack pipe of yours...
If SJ were alive he would NEVER consider any kind of settlement with you thieves. Too bad Tim Cook is not as principled.
You, sir, need to wake up out of that bad dream of yours. Reality is a whole lot different than what Apple's marketing department wants you to believe.
And about calling them thieves... Your lovely iOS gadget would look really wimpish if it had to give back all those ideas that Apple stole from Android or the LG Prada. When you sit in a glass house, you shouldn't throw stones. (Or whatever the equivalent English phrase is.)
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Microsoft made a $150,000,000 investment... AND... Steve Jobs came back.
Then the opposite of bankruptcy happened under Steve's watch...
Yeah. And people still love to ignore that Apple's board had good reasons to kick him out of his own company in the first place.
Bollocks. Apple certainly is NOT trying to improve "the world". They create consumer products for a tiny wealthy minority of this planet's population; products that "solve" pure luxury problems.
Furthermore, Apple looks A LOT at existing products. EVERY Apple keynote begins with a look at how and what their competition is doing and why Apple's new product supposedly is so much superior.
And then they take a lot of their competitors' ideas and put them in their own products. Notifications and iCloud, anyone? Android had that stuff YEARS ago. In fact, Android 1.0 already shipped with it. And this is just one example.