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The real problem is that Apple lacks the quality control of Steve Jobs. Nearly everyone I've talked to has said something along the lines of: "Steve Jobs planne
by tymekpavel 14y ago
The real problem is that Apple lacks the quality control of Steve Jobs. Nearly everyone I've talked to has said something along the lines of: "Steve Jobs planned out the next three years of Apple's strategy, so Apple is still a power player in the tech industry." What many people forget is that Steve Jobs can no longer veto features because he no longer sees the product before it's released. Steve vetoed ~90% of features that were implemented and sent them back for further development. Tim Cook simply doesn't have the eye that Steve had, and so we're left with products that don't cut it.
- ryandvm 14y agoThe proposition that Jobs, or anyone, could successfully plan a strategy 3 years out in this industry is laughable. Wasn't it less than 3 years ago that Steve was telling us that people would have to file their fingertips down to use a 7" tablet?
- parasubvert 14y agoApparently you never experienced Mac OS X 10.0. Or Mobile Me. Or owned an iBook G3. Steve's quality control is legendary. By that I mean a legend. By that I mean fiction. Steve killed products that didn't fit what he wanted Apple to sell -- that doesn't mean Apple had perfect QC under his watch. Mainly, Apple has had way more success than most companies in getting a product 80% right out of the gate and not too many huge embarrassing failures - more a series of small or moderate failures. The current Maps failures seem to be moderate but could wind up being big.
- jlgreco 14y ago"Jobs was not being perfect at QA, and frequently made questionable decisions" does not contradict "Jobs was better than Cook at QA".
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