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Sudden love for Gundotra's favorite authoritarian? Sounds more like a sigh of relief. Vic Gundotra at Google I/O 2010: "if Google did not act we faced a Dracon
by ary 15y ago
Sudden love for Gundotra's favorite authoritarian? Sounds more like a sigh of relief.
Vic Gundotra at Google I/O 2010: "if Google did not act we faced a Draconian future, a future where one man, one company, one device, one carrier would be our only choice"
- philwelch 15y agoI don't know how relevant this is, but you can respect your opponents, and retirement is the best time to do so. As a child, I was a religious fan of the Seattle Sonics. I knew virtually the entire roster by name, face, and number. And I watched them in the playoffs the year they made the finals against the Bulls. I hated Michael Jordan. Maybe that's a strong word, but I wanted nothing more than to see him and the Bulls beaten, especially by the Sonics. Despite some excellent play by Seattle, the Bulls won again, and again the next year against Utah. When Jordan retired, I respected him. I wanted to see him beaten in the late prime of his championship winning career but he never let it happen. Not even my Sonics could beat him, but losing to Jordan's Bulls meant almost as much as beating a lesser team in the Finals. It's not a perfect analogy, but it's easy to see many of Apple's competitors and rivals taking a moment to acknowledge and respect the man.