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"Tim Cook, Jobs' successor as Apple chief executive, was opposed to suing Samsung in the first place, according to people with knowledge of the matter" people
by panacea 14y ago
"Tim Cook, Jobs' successor as Apple chief executive, was opposed to suing Samsung in the first place, according to people with knowledge of the matter"
people = Apple's PR department? /cynic
- jmduke 14y agoWouldn't surprise me. Cook's biggest priority was/is supply chain dynamics. Endangering their relationship with Samsung would be a big red alert on his dashboard. Either way, who cares? The lawsuits happened. I'd be more interested in a solid comment from Cook on the competitive landscape from here on out.
- zaidf 14y agoKnowing Cook's general "Be Nice" attitude, it isn't hard to believe him as the Good Cop. Of course, you can argue this is why Apple PR would run with this story...to which I'd say Apple PR would't risk the possibility of a leak showing the opposite: that Cook agreed with Jobs. They ran with this angle probably because it is true. Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if they actually encouraged such a disagreement to hedge their bets. If shit got real bad for Apple, Cook could always walk over to Samsung and try to rescue the relationship.
- Tyrannosaurs 14y agoI'm not sure if it's even necessarily a be nice thing. Tim Cook strikes me as generally less emotional than Jobs. It may well just be that being dispassionate he felt that when you took the heat out of it the pain to reward ratio just didn't make it a good move (which is pretty much spot on).