Okay then let’s never ever ever change anything and move the needle forward heck let’s bring back Rosetta so that folks can use their power pc apps again.
After all change is a bad thing right?
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Okay then let’s never ever ever change anything and move the needle forward heck let’s bring back Rosetta so that folks can use their power pc apps again.
After all change is a bad thing right?
Yeah, but what's your point? That Steve's many accomplishments are worthy of remembrance? Nobody would dispute that. It's the purpose of the article.
Since your negative comments (and the negative comments of others) were all aimed at Steve's successor... This is simply not the place to make them. A birthday party is supposed to be a celebration, not a grumble-fest or protest. You don't have to build Steve up by tearing anyone else down. Steve's accomplishments speak for themselves.
Raise a glass in Steve's honor. Don't make yourself miserable by reflecting on how much better things might be if he was still with us. Be happy he lived and accomplished what he did!
Apple is a totally different company now. It had to change. The market changed and so had Apple.Oh boy i can't wait to see what comments appear in this thread about how much Apple has suffered at the hands of Tim Cook and so on
But seriously Happy Birthday to Steve Jobs! he was a great man who did great things at Apple.
Some companies didn't change or at least manage that change very well. Think back 20 years and you will see the once great DEC being bought out by Compaq (who were bought by HP and the real rot set it). DEC didn't understand PC's and the effect they would have on the business world (I worked for DEC/Compaq for 20 years). They didn't manage the change in the market at all. When they realised that the bottom had dropped out of their key markey they were in deep do-do.
Apple when SJ returned was a basket case. He did all sorts of things but he pulled the company out of its malaise and started it on its current path. That is not to say that he didn't make some mistakes along the way.
Technology is an ever changing place. Many companies have not changed and where are they today.
Apple is in a good place IMHO. It has a much broader product range. I am worried by the almost total reliance (in the eyes of Wall St) on the ever increasing revenues of the iPhone. That can't continue forever. Hence the diversity of product bearing the Apple logo we can buy today.
I don't think apple has suffered at the hands of Tim Cook but that is just my wortless opinion.
What is a democratic corporation? Corporations are businesses. They exist to enrich their owners. The only "vote" consumers have is whether they buy or do not buy the company's products. If enough customers buy the company's products, then management has done its job.
I'd have to guess that you believe that the company is "undemocratic" because it is not listening to your opinions, not producing the products you wish it would. Sorry, that's not an example of democracy. You don't have a vote unless you're a shareholder, and since your power as a shareholder depends on how many shares you own... that's not what most people would consider democratic. Yet even in a democracy, if your side loses and you don't get what you wanted, you're still living in a democracy. "Democracy" doesn't mean, "I get my way." Companies, like families, are not democracies. Mom and Dad (or the CEO and Board of Directors) make the final decisions. Sometimes you'll like the decisions, sometimes you won't.
So it was Steve Jobs who designed every product and made it a reality? No he did it with a team, in fact Johny I’ve came up with a lot of the work. Tim Cook has overseen the Apple Watch, future iPads, iPhone’s and the AirPods, he’s doing a great Job and was even hand picked by Steve Jobs himself.
Yet, Jobs personally selected Cook to take threshold of this Company and has executed his role exceedingly well since 2011. But continue to make false assertions otherwise.
At least he would’ve liked the AirPods
Also Face ID/notch/Animoji are typical Steve signature items i would say.
Doesn’t mean to say he’s not involved, the guy was a supply chain genius which is why Jobs hired him, as CEO Tim Cook has overseen many successful products but of course people only ever remember the mistakes
he would fire Cook and top management around him in a fraction of second. Furthermore there would be nothing like IP8 and IPX existing together. We woud just have. 2 maxed out acceptably priced phones for everyone - one smaller and one bigger.
Yea he would really fire the guy that’s selling a boat load of iPhones
Steve Jobs was also against doing bigger phablet style iPhones and now here we are with the iPhone Plus models being very popular, Jobs was great don’t get me wrong but he wasn’t always right oh and it was Steve Jobs who hand picked Tim Cook to be CEO and told him “don’t ask what I would do”swingerofbirch
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I remember thinking, well, I've read the site long enough, I might as well sign up and start commenting. Thanks for all the years of letting me spout off.
Brings back fuzzy memories of the other sites I read around that time, many of which are now gone. There was MacOSrumors.com, power something (powerbook related blog), Mac the Knife, MacNN, etc. And I think appleinsider and thinksecret came later.
It's interesting to now see Macrumors quoted in the mainstream press--Macrumors itself is now mainstream press.
The late 90s were a more interesting time to follow Apple. I remember thinking the future of the Mac was going to be based on Be OS. And we were always waiting to hear what Apple's next OS was going to be. I think I was a senior in high school when the aqua interface first debuted, and I was so excited by it, I printed out a picture of it to show people at school. Those were the days: watching Apple nearly sink and then come back with really innovative stuff. They were small and scrappy. It's gotten a bit more predictable, but I still visit every day.
Brings back fuzzy memories of the other sites I read around that time, many of which are now gone. There was MacOSrumors.com, power something (powerbook related blog), Mac the Knife, MacNN, etc. And I think appleinsider and thinksecret came later.
It's interesting to now see Macrumors quoted in the mainstream press--Macrumors itself is now mainstream press.
The late 90s were a more interesting time to follow Apple. I remember thinking the future of the Mac was going to be based on Be OS. And we were always waiting to hear what Apple's next OS was going to be. I think I was a senior in high school when the aqua interface first debuted, and I was so excited by it, I printed out a picture of it to show people at school. Those were the days: watching Apple nearly sink and then come back with really innovative stuff. They were small and scrappy. It's gotten a bit more predictable, but I still visit every day.
A real shame you felt compelled to dishonor Steve on his birthday by trashing one of his very best friends. That is so sad.
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