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In this case it isn't a matter of the pundit being wrong, it's a matter of everybody being wrong about one thing, and the pundit having a pretty decent insight
by dkarl 16y ago
In this case it isn't a matter of the pundit being wrong, it's a matter of everybody being wrong about one thing, and the pundit having a pretty decent insight relative to that error. Everybody thought the Apple Store would be a place to buy computers. The pundit thought that wouldn't work. He was basically right, but we were all wrong about the Apple Store being about selling personal computers. Probably Steve Jobs was wrong about it, too. The pundit doesn't deserve any more blame than anybody else.
- leoc 16y agoThe Apple Stores seem to have been doing well even before the October launch of the iPod. (See http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/12/technology/to-cash-in-on-a-lifestyle-apple-hits-the-mall.html http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/12/technology/to-cash-in-on-a... from July: "But Apple estimates that the stores will break even by the end of this year.") However, it would also have been difficult to predict that Apple would redesign the computer retail outlet so effectively.