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I agree that Google's scope of possible evil is much more significant. But this is really all about perception, not reality. What Steve Jobs says at an intern
by angelbob 17y ago
I agree that Google's scope of possible evil is much more significant. But this is really all about perception, not reality. What Steve Jobs says at an internal Apple employee meeting isn't going to truly change Apple, but it may change how the employees view their company.
- ynniv 17y agoThe way I see it, he's blowing off some steam around friends. The man is peerless (and has yet to name a successor), and has his '60s ideals at heart. He is right to call a slogan like "Don't be evil" bullshit when it comes from an ambitious public company that makes all of their money selling ads (targeted by mining collected private data) on a "free" service. "Organizing the world's data," is appropriate, but no company can say honestly say "Don't be evil." At least with Apple you know what you're getting, and you know what it costs.
- philwelch 17y agoThere's good reason he has yet to publicly name a successor--when you publicly name a successor, the successor gets all anxious to take over and people start expecting you to step aside in the near future. If you don't believe me, ask Jay Leno or Brett Favre.