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I watched the movie Steve Jobs on HBO. If any of it true, I came away with these thoughts: 1. Steve wanted a closed system. 2. He cared too much about form
by icantdrive55 10y ago
I watched the movie Steve Jobs on HBO.
If any of it true, I came away with these thoughts:
1. Steve wanted a closed system.
2. He cared too much about form. He was not a coder. He was not a hacker. It was Woz. Steve was the business guy.
3. I think the world would be better off if Woz was offered, and took the CEO position after Jobs demise. We might have some really great, open source computers.
4. I don't think I will buy another new Apple product. I will buy used until someone takes their place, because there's so much used stock on Ebay, and CL.
5. But then again, their products are beloved by so many people. I have a relative who bought a new Imac. A $2970 Imac-- that's still in the box. it's been a two months. I asked why he hasn't set it up. He blamed it on me. "You haven't had the time lately, so i am still using my old barely working Imac."
6. That's some pretty spectacular Marketing--Product likability. It will be some time until the average user realizes Apple might be slipping. The average user knows noting about the benefits of an open source computer.