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They are copying Apple [1]. It's supposed to demonstrate strength, since most competitors try to pretend that the competition doesn't exist. To me it always cam
by 3pt14159 10y ago
They are copying Apple [1]. It's supposed to demonstrate strength, since most competitors try to pretend that the competition doesn't exist. To me it always came off as really dumb and self-important in the most cringing of ways.
[1] http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/jobs-apple-welcome-ibm-seriously-ad.php http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/jobs-apple-welco...
- overcast 10y agoYeh, we know how that turned out for Apple in the 80s/90s :)
- pwthornton 10y agoThat was a much older, dumber Apple. They would never do that now.
- traskjd 10y agoThey wouldn't do it now because they're not the underdog. When you're big, you try to look small. When you're small, you try to look big.
- mhermher 10y agoOff topic note here: Apple forecasts a "logarithmic leap". I have never heard that term. Logarithmic growth is sub linear and doesn't seem like something akin to a leap. Usually you would go with "exponential". Just seemed like odd wording.
- overcast 10y agoWell they weren't wrong, growth leveled off to nothing. More a reverse logarithmic graph.
- antisthenes 10y agoLogarithmic growth is a more accurate description of the actual growth and on a limited interval grows faster than linearly. It's symbolic of the typical winner-take-all markets in the IT sphere, unlike the term exponential, which is constantly misused and inaccurate in most cases (except, perhaps, for Moore's law on a limited time interval)