Well, I do agree with you on this. It's not an ideal analogy for a man of his level to use, regardless if he is right or wrong.
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Tim Cook: 'Android is Like Europe', Many Different Things Under One Name
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Well, I do agree with you on this. It's not an ideal analogy for a man of his level to use, regardless if he is right or wrong.
I am extremely offended by this. As a CEO
of Apple he claims iOS is superior to Android therefore his comparison indicates that he thinks Europe is bad.
This really makes me think twice about buying a new iPhone
of Apple he claims iOS is superior to Android therefore his comparison indicates that he thinks Europe is bad.
This really makes me think twice about buying a new iPhone
In a way he has a point.
You have "Android" as this nice blooming thingy, but then the whole "Whoa, Android is market leader!!!11!!" doesn't really help the individual companies like HTC, the Greece of Android Manufacturers. And that Europeans would react very sensitively to his comments was to be expected too... (Saying that from a German/Brit point of view)
You have "Android" as this nice blooming thingy, but then the whole "Whoa, Android is market leader!!!11!!" doesn't really help the individual companies like HTC, the Greece of Android Manufacturers. And that Europeans would react very sensitively to his comments was to be expected too... (Saying that from a German/Brit point of view)
It is obvious how EU would benefit from demise of Greece. Greece steals history from Macedonia, Albania, and others. Greece claims many great accomplishments but careful reading of history will tell you otherwise. Is why they sue to make Macedonia change the name of its country, Greece is insecure, and for good reason. All real Europeans know Alexander the Great and others are not from Greece. The country is a failed state.
Tim Cook alludes to this, the failings of Android are similar to the failing of Greece. Hubris.
Macedonia was always Greek, but apparently you know nothing about history. Everything else is just plane shameless...I won't even discuss Macedonia with anybody!
Read History!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)
The former republic of Macedonia is nothing else but Skopje..It was a part of the ancient Greek Macedonia and that's it..
No he has absolutely NO point
Europe was not a name someone came up with so Americans had a clue. God damn that is so stupid. The name europe is far older than America. Also America would be NOTHING without Europe since Americans are basically just people from Europe. Europe (the civilizisation not the continent of course since all used to be together once) has a way longer history than America
You have to be absolutely mental to do a comparison like that
Europe was not a name someone came up with so Americans had a clue. God damn that is so stupid. The name europe is far older than America. Also America would be NOTHING without Europe since Americans are basically just people from Europe. Europe (the civilizisation not the continent of course since all used to be together once) has a way longer history than America
You have to be absolutely mental to do a comparison like that
Though that's like calling a Welshman or Scotsman English . You will get the same reaction from a Macedonian.
Or china/Taiwan.
If you are that adamant it's still Greek, than your are a Greek. A Macedonian will tell you otherwise.
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To be honest, I am not sure Tim knows he difference lol.
Though that's like calling a Welshman or Scotsman English . You will get the same reaction from a Macedonian.
Or china/Taiwan.
If you are that adamant it's still Greek, than your are a Greek. A Macedonian will tell you otherwise.
North Greece is called Macedonia, and yes, I was raised in Greece, studied history (University degree) but I was born in Cyprus.
Greece has made many mistakes, one of them is recognizing the old Yugoslavia republic's Macedonia. When Yugoslavia was torn apart, people from that state wanted to keep their name, understandably though.Greeks didn't like that of course but they should have done something when Yugoslavia named that state Macedonia and not now. So yes, I understand if people from this country feel differently about the name of their country...
That doesn't make it historically correct though.
Anyway, Tim Cook should never say that Europe was a name invented for Americans that cannot understand what Europe really is. This is ******** and Tim cook should apologize. His comment is stupid, insulting and shows no respect. I thought he was better than that..Now I am starting to worry about Apple...
So what does that make Apple, a dictatorship?
Absolutely. I love living in Europe and take Cook's statement as a compliment. We must be doing something right here.
Well, with the huge mess that is Europe, I would say it's fitting.
Hey now, that comparison is offensive to messes.
And Apple is like the US, self-aggrandizing and unable to innovate since the glory years.
Bah-dum-dum.
And it takes 28 countries of the EU to put them in a "fair" field with the USA even though they are technically much bigger. Europe has its UK like Samsung or Amazon that pays lip service to Android but does what the hell they want with their own money and following the EU directives they want. For every France and Germany powerhouse, the EU has low-rent states like Greece, Italy, and Spain... That are practically the Wild West... Just like a fair portion of Android devices are "plain junk" with the barest features to run the software. The difference between California and say Missippippi Is smaller than the UK vs Italy or Greece... Especially when you're running a business.
If you want to compare the USA to Apple, that's probably not bad. After all we're only 5% of the population.. But we have a lot more influence and wealth than our absolute size would have you think... In that respect The EU is only slightly bigger compared to world population.... There's a whole lot of people doing something else entirely because they can't pay-to-play!
A lot of people misunderstanding what Cook was trying to say here. He's not saying Americans invented the word 'Europe' (his use of that word was slightly unfortunate.) What he's picking up on is the tendency of Americans to speak of 'Europe' as if it were one single, monolithic whole rather than a bloc of very different countries. In the same way, every version of Android used by the manufacturers is different but people talk about'Android' as if it were one thing.
I have often heard Americans say things like 'in Europe, everyone is socialist', or 'in Europe, everyone gets free healthcare.' Neither of these generalisations is true.
I have often heard Americans say things like 'in Europe, everyone is socialist', or 'in Europe, everyone gets free healthcare.' Neither of these generalisations is true.
After all your rattling... just remember one single thing. Unites States of America (and not America... America is much much much bigger than that, though for some reasons many US citizens, and particularly politicians, tend to take over a whole continent as if it was theirs) is a country made of immigrants mainly, from UK, Greece, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Ukraine, etc...
And whether you like or not the history of USA is nothing compared to the one of Europe or Asia...
The EU is an idea to put together dozens of cultures and people under some common ground, but it is not an idea to make everyone equal as in for example, speaking the same language or having the same policies (because policies are made for the people not for the business, for example).
Continue being this narcissist and enjoy your Apple, I will enjoy it too from here, from Europe and from a member of the EU (and recall one little detail... the EU directives are, to make it simple, policies that are obliged to be implemented by all EU members, and so they are translated into national laws which take into account the culture and other laws of each EU member)
The mess of a project (the EU) set up with the ultimate goal of creating a effective country called Europe, with its own flag and national anthem under a false pretence that it's has prevented war and created prosperity. A socialist paradise where everything is controlled from unelected beurocrats in Brussels who represent the antiphasis of democracy and great nations governments are reduced to local councils.
The economic travesty of the euro which has devastated an entire generation with long term unemployment prospects in countries such as Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy, France and led to extreme right wing politics gaining in popularity.
I could go on.
what is going on with this guy?
commenting on competitors like that because of insecurity, regularly promising something is just around the corner etc.
maybe its best guys like him are hidden away and just do what they are best at or maybe bumper sticker slogans is his real passsion
commenting on competitors like that because of insecurity, regularly promising something is just around the corner etc.
maybe its best guys like him are hidden away and just do what they are best at or maybe bumper sticker slogans is his real passsion
Except he flat out did say that. He made an idiotic statement and that made him sound like an idiot.
Even if he meant "European Union" again he would still be an idiot. America had nothing to do with any aspect of the nomenclature or derivations of the name of Europe. Nothing. At. All.
It's the equivalent of saying "The United States of America is a name made up for people in Canada because they couldn't figure out if it was one country or a bunch of them."
In the aftermath of the second world war America did massively fund the European Movement started by Royals and the European super rich. This become the overblown, corrupt plutocracy known as the EU, which the US saw as a buttress against the Soviet Union. Indeed, the attempt to shoehorn disparate states with diverse cultures reaching back hundreds or thousands of years into a contrived United State of Europe was again modelled in part on the USA.
Many Europeans who were initially enthusiastic about free trade and free movement of people and more open markets, soon realised the EU was a top-down, banker-led crony capitalist endeavour and I can't imagine it lasting in its present form for more than a decade, especially as across the Southern nations skulls have been cracked by cops enforcing EU-mandated austerity and other unpopular policies dreamt up in other countries with little democratic legitimacy.
Many Europeans who were initially enthusiastic about free trade and free movement of people and more open markets, soon realised the EU was a top-down, banker-led crony capitalist endeavour and I can't imagine it lasting in its present form for more than a decade, especially as across the Southern nations skulls have been cracked by cops enforcing EU-mandated austerity and other unpopular policies dreamt up in other countries with little democratic legitimacy.
I read the original article again. Quote "Android is like Europe. Europe was a name that somebody came up with for Americans who didn't understand that Europe was a lot of countries that weren't like U.S. states."
Cook's above words are definitely improper. He should not have made that comparison. An apology from him is badly needed. The sooner he apologises, the better. I hope he does not have to resign because of his above comparison.
Cook's above words are definitely improper. He should not have made that comparison. An apology from him is badly needed. The sooner he apologises, the better. I hope he does not have to resign because of his above comparison.
I get that this is what he meant but unfortunately that's not the way he phrased it.
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Because Europeans are never ignorant....
I only skimmed through the article and then saw your comment so I came here to see what user you were quoting, thinking "what idiot would say such a thing?". Turns out it was Tim Cook. Wow. I really like him but that is a really dumb thing to say.