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Is Jobs arrogant? Look at the evolution of the iPhone-- the SDK and Enterprise features. He essentially did a 180 degree turn on the SDK and embraced a lifelo
by webwright 19y ago
Is Jobs arrogant?
Look at the evolution of the iPhone-- the SDK and Enterprise features. He essentially did a 180 degree turn on the SDK and embraced a lifelong enemy (MS) to help his customers.
Any examples of 37s ever doing anything like this?
- mechanical_fish 19y agoI thought about this for a minute. The problem is that, first of all, arrogance doesn't imply ignorance. Data is data: If you believe that an SDK is unnecessary, but the customer feedback data says otherwise, the smart thing to do is to change your mind. Secondly, I see no evidence whatsoever that Apple "did a 180 degree turn" on the SDK. The plan of waiting over a year to release the SDK is working out great. There are good reasons to have done so -- it strings the hype cycle along (if Apple had released everything at once, what do they do for an encore?), it lets the UI designers get some real-world experience, it shakes out the hardware, etc. Embracing MS is also something Apple has done for years -- MS software is a cornerstone of the Mac's success (Excel was a Mac app first!) Finally, it's a mistake to equate the actions of 37s, or the Rails community, or Apple with the actions of individuals. No one person runs these things. Even a tiny company like 37s has more than one person, and Apple is a huge company with lots and lots of smart people.
- wallflower 19y agoReminds me of the $100 rebate. If that is true, makes me wonder what Apple has already planned for the iPhone. Full IPTV support on 3G iPhone? iPhone only geo-aware social network?
- mixmax 19y agoI would fight anyone, verbally, fists, or pistols at dawn claiming that Steve Jobs is not arrogant. Not here though, it'll be fun to write but boring to read.
- pchristensen 19y agomixmax, you're my new best friend. That was awesome!
- curi 19y agowhat's awesome about glorifying fighting? with any random person who says something inconsequential?
- mixmax 19y agowhy did you find it inconsequential ?
- curi 19y agosome guy has a misconceived opinion about steve jobs' arrogance? so what? that isn't going to hurt anyone, or mess up anything important.
- yters 19y agoEntirely unrelated: lest you think me rude, I must let you know I won't be responding to your email for awhile. I am currently snow bound and my house keys are in said snow. As for messaging, I mainly use gtalk or skype. For gtalk you have my contact info, and I think I used the same address for skype.
- curi 19y agodon't worry, rather than assume the worst i just guessed you were busy and might reply next weekend (if not today). i'll try gtalk then. good luck with snow thawing.
- yters 19y agoThanks, it's always nice when someone's normal reaction is to assume the best instead of the worst:) Also, like my personal mail, I'll only be able to use skype and such when I leave work. So, I won't be online until this coming weekend (hopefully). Concerning child raising, I saw your conversation with that other guy. While your philosophy does seem like the best, it also seems to me that I can act unreasonably at times. Aristotle pointed this out, people can lack temperance. I think the keyword is akrasia. Socrates, on the other hand, thought all moral failings were based on ignorance. From what I've noticed, the older people get, the more they lean to the former viewpoint. I'm not sure which view is correct; I like Socrates', but practically I follow Aristotle's.
- anewaccountname 19y agoThey support Internet Explorer.
- run4yourlives 19y agoI'm sure their will be if they start running red. They are the way they are because it works. When it stops working, they'll change.