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After just today reading news about the ios6 map app failing, and then this article, I really am amazed at the deterioration of the company. Nothing too surpri

After just today reading news about the ios6 map app failing, and then this article, I really am amazed at the deterioration of the company. Nothing too surprising as all goods things come to an end, but still, this is fast.

owenjones 14y ago
So all it takes to declare the "Most Profitable Company in the World" deteriorating and coming to an end is some hiccups with a fairly new product? I agree, this is fast, but not in the way you mean. http://money.cnn.com/2012/08/20/technology/apple-most-valuable-company/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2012/08/20/technology/apple-most-valuab...
- jarek 14y ago
  I think "most profitable" and "deteriorating" are perfectly capable of being orthogonal. If nothing else, the profit or its first derivative w.r.t. time could be declining while still being the highest in the world. No opinion on Apple.
danilocampos 14y ago
In August 2008, after being very publicly pilloried by customers and none other than Walt Mossberg, then one of the biggest Apple fans in the press, Apple also apologized to customers. That time? Mobile Me had completely fucked the dog, leaving users locked out of their email and other services – for days. Arguably a much more catastrophic failure, though limited in scope by a smaller user base. Apple went on to fix those issues in Mobile Me, rebrand it iCloud, and everything has been gravy ever since. Apple's stock price went from $175 in August that year down to $97 that October. Today it stands at $667. So if you could, given this context, explain what makes iOS 6 maps point to deterioration in the company in a way that Mobile Me did not. You will receive bonus points if you manage to do so without invoking a red herring in form of the death of Steve Jobs.
- imperialdrive 14y ago
  I can't type much about mobile me - I tried using it some time ago both personally and at work, and it was a pain. My explanation is based on imagination. I imagine the QA for such an iOS release. I imagine Mr. Jobs using his iPad while traveling (he traveled quite a bit?) and using the map app... he alone would have quickly picked up on issues and never signed off on release until fixed. It's really hard for me to imagine a company with the position and history of Apple to knowingly release and market the app while so flawed. It simply amazes me. Nothing solidly negative, just amazing. Hmmm, re-reading your post, I see that bonus points are out of the question :( edit. I see that Mr. Cook apologized. No one was harmed, so all seems well to me. Still waiting on the Nokia 920 to hit the streets though ;) Cheers

owenjones 14y ago

So all it takes to declare the "Most Profitable Company in the World" deteriorating and coming to an end is some hiccups with a fairly new product? I agree, this is fast, but not in the way you mean. http://money.cnn.com/2012/08/20/technology/apple-most-valuable-company/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2012/08/20/technology/apple-most-valuab...

jarek 14y ago
I think "most profitable" and "deteriorating" are perfectly capable of being orthogonal. If nothing else, the profit or its first derivative w.r.t. time could be declining while still being the highest in the world. No opinion on Apple.

danilocampos 14y ago

In August 2008, after being very publicly pilloried by customers and none other than Walt Mossberg, then one of the biggest Apple fans in the press, Apple also apologized to customers. That time? Mobile Me had completely fucked the dog, leaving users locked out of their email and other services – for days. Arguably a much more catastrophic failure, though limited in scope by a smaller user base. Apple went on to fix those issues in Mobile Me, rebrand it iCloud, and everything has been gravy ever since. Apple's stock price went from $175 in August that year down to $97 that October. Today it stands at $667. So if you could, given this context, explain what makes iOS 6 maps point to deterioration in the company in a way that Mobile Me did not. You will receive bonus points if you manage to do so without invoking a red herring in form of the death of Steve Jobs.

imperialdrive 14y ago
I can't type much about mobile me - I tried using it some time ago both personally and at work, and it was a pain. My explanation is based on imagination. I imagine the QA for such an iOS release. I imagine Mr. Jobs using his iPad while traveling (he traveled quite a bit?) and using the map app... he alone would have quickly picked up on issues and never signed off on release until fixed. It's really hard for me to imagine a company with the position and history of Apple to knowingly release and market the app while so flawed. It simply amazes me. Nothing solidly negative, just amazing. Hmmm, re-reading your post, I see that bonus points are out of the question :( edit. I see that Mr. Cook apologized. No one was harmed, so all seems well to me. Still waiting on the Nokia 920 to hit the streets though ;) Cheers