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I agree with Jobs on this one, while perhaps it could have been done more tactfully they don't have to answer responses from every random journalism student tha
by fossuser 16y ago
I agree with Jobs on this one, while perhaps it could have been done more tactfully they don't have to answer responses from every random journalism student that comes along asking for a comment. I'm impressed she got a response at all especially with the letter's whiny tone.
- rsbrown 16y agoMy only disagreement with Jobs on this issue would be him replying in the first place.
- bradleyland 16y agoBeing tactful with someone who is wasting your time just ends up wasting two people's time.
- crux_ 16y agoAnd a rude response isn't wasting two peoples' time as well?
- Twisol 16y agoI suppose you don't have to put as much thought into being rude. The first thing that pops into my mind is usually the most frank.
- jrockway 16y agoNo, because now it's clear to the "journalist" that she's not going to get a quote from Apple. No reply would leave her wondering. "Please leave us alone" doesn't.
- crux_ 16y agoBy the original metric of "number of people's time wasted," no reply at all wins. (Side note: I'm quite certain the rude reply has wasted a decent amount of some poor Apple PR folks' time as well, if only in weekend monitoring of the 'story' to make sure it doesn't need an official clarification -- making it at least 3 peoples' time wasted.)
- jrockway 16y agoProbably not. I bet Steve Jobs could punch an average iPhone user in the face and that user would not cancel his iPhone contract or stop buying stuff from iTunes. People love Apple.
- auxbuss 16y agoTerse != rude It might appear that way when your expectation is a reasoned response, but sometimes terse succinctly makes the point.