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I found the photo of the founder clad in blue jeans and a black polo shirt in front of a large, clean presentation to be arresting. It instantly evoked the neg
by aresant 14y ago
I found the photo of the founder clad in blue jeans and a black polo shirt in front of a large, clean presentation to be arresting.
It instantly evoked the negatives that I read again and again about Chinese companies: brazen "pirating" of innovative products (in this case, Jobs himself!) with slight bastardizations (polo instead of turtleneck).
It took me a minute to recover and read the rest of the article and the comments, which suggest there is actual innovation happening, likely on the supply side, that lets Xiamoi sell at a disruptive price point.
- Zariel 14y agoI really hope this is sarcastic post that you can be offended by a person wearing clothes, I could chose to dress like Al Capone, would that invoke terrors of Mafia like memories?
- bdcravens 14y agoPretty sure Capone dressed like many others and didn't have a unique style. Wearing black shirt + jeans everyday (or perhaps as a public persona) is obviously intentional. I'd say those are like a football coach always wearing a fedora (Tom Landry) or a rapper always wearing a giant clock around their neck (Flava Flav) to name a couple of examples. That said, I really don't care if they copy Jobs. I can think of several entrepreneurs I'd love to copy in an attempt to channel whatever insights they might have had.
- bentlegen 14y agoTIL wearing a black shirt and blue jeans is "copying" Steve Jobs. By that measure you should probably be angry at this guy: http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/files/2009/08/89460317.jpg http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/files/2009/08/89460317.jp...
- ceol 14y ago> TIL wearing a black shirt and blue jeans is "copying" Steve Jobs. When you're the founder of a major smartphone company doing a presentation of your tech in a black shirt, jeans, and tennis shoes, yeah, you're copying Steve Jobs. For reference: http://www.buzzom.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/steve-jobs-vs-lei-jun.jpg http://www.buzzom.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/steve-jobs-... It's painfully obvious that's the look he's going for.
- scotty79 14y agoI feel that this finally shows what are the key factors to Apple success, by successfully copying the success with use of those factors. It does not seem to be innovation, or genius. It's just specific marketing of a just decent product. I don't think there's anything wrong with copying. I think copying is how science works. When you are confronted with phenomenon it's not ok to just sit and admire, you should try to replicate eventually finding minimal and sufficient set of conditions for phenomenon to occur. Some people might be disappointed at the loss of uniqueness of their act but all people progress thanks to it.