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Wow. If this was really from Jobs, that is unbelievably bad for him and Apple. I think everyone knew Jobs had this type of personality, but his recent screw-up

by devmonk 16y ago

Wow. If this was really from Jobs, that is unbelievably bad for him and Apple. I think everyone knew Jobs had this type of personality, but his recent screw-ups with this and the handling of the "antenna issue" (saying that people are holding the phone wrong) just show that, regardless of his health, this man should no longer front Apple. Granted he is one of the personalities that makes the business. It's not hard to forget his history of (1) riding Woz's coattails to claim success for the original Apple computer, (2) jumping ship from the Lisa project he led to failure to the Mac and then taking credit for the Mac team's work, and (3) riding Jonathan Ive's coattails and those of Apple's impressive marketing for pretty much all recent Apple product successes. I believe that he truly thinks he deserves what he has. I also believe that he has always thought of himself as above this customer base and his company. But, this is just nuts.

kls 16y ago
I am really surprised at the group think here. It is no big distortion of reality to realize that Steve is an elitist and has a contempt for people that he sees below himself. He would probably readily admit it. Further he has road the coat tails of some really brilliant people. He is brilliant in his own right, probably one of the best business men of our times but just because he is and is worth of praise in that respect, does not give him a free pass on the fact that he generally loathes people he perceives as inferior and treats them in a socially unacceptable manner. I purchase Apple computers and phones and could be considered and avid Apple fan because they are a great products, Just because one likes Apples products does not mean that they have to accept Steve's actions or worse yet justify them for him. He wasted more time and money responding to her than just forwarding to the media department to take care of and he did so for a purpose, to show her that he loathed such a peasant request.
- acangiano 16y ago
  > I am really surprised at the group think here. I think most people agree with both points. Steve Jobs was rude and gave an unusual reply for a CEO. On the other hand, the girl was insistent and didn't "make lemonade out of lemons". She took offence instead. She is arguably in the spotlight now, but I'm not sure it's for the right reason.

by devmonk 16y ago

kls 16y ago

I am really surprised at the group think here. It is no big distortion of reality to realize that Steve is an elitist and has a contempt for people that he sees below himself. He would probably readily admit it. Further he has road the coat tails of some really brilliant people. He is brilliant in his own right, probably one of the best business men of our times but just because he is and is worth of praise in that respect, does not give him a free pass on the fact that he generally loathes people he perceives as inferior and treats them in a socially unacceptable manner. I purchase Apple computers and phones and could be considered and avid Apple fan because they are a great products, Just because one likes Apples products does not mean that they have to accept Steve's actions or worse yet justify them for him. He wasted more time and money responding to her than just forwarding to the media department to take care of and he did so for a purpose, to show her that he loathed such a peasant request.

acangiano 16y ago
> I am really surprised at the group think here. I think most people agree with both points. Steve Jobs was rude and gave an unusual reply for a CEO. On the other hand, the girl was insistent and didn't "make lemonade out of lemons". She took offence instead. She is arguably in the spotlight now, but I'm not sure it's for the right reason.