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I'm going to stir the hornets' nest and throw out a simple challenge: Apple has lost their mojo. The implication is that Apple has lost their way "post-Jobs."

by sounds 12y ago

I'm going to stir the hornets' nest and throw out a simple challenge: Apple has lost their mojo. The implication is that Apple has lost their way "post-Jobs." ... When they partner with the company they used to poke fun at (1984 Commercial)... When the big news in the article is: "Valley gossip has it that IBM issued an edict stating that Macs were to be supported internally within 30 days. Apparently, at some exec meetings, it’s MacBooks all around the conference room table — except for the lonely Excel jockey who needs to pivot tables." Is this Apple ascendant to fill the power vacuum as Microsoft crumbles? I think it's actually Apple being assimilated into the larger corporate world where Microsoft was only ever a small fish, even in their heyday. "Hi, I'm a mac, and I'm a PC." Geeks always knew that Macs were, technically, Personal Computers. But I think I can see cracks in Apple's claim to "think different." Apple set a high bar with Mac, then iPod, then iPhone and iPad. When they haven't had a WWDC keynote I've bothered to watch in years... I'd love to be proven wrong. :)

camillomiller 12y ago
If you haven't seen the last WWDC, or if you have seen it but didn't like it as a programmer, I guess you'll be hard to convince.
- sounds 12y ago
  I shouldn't need convincing. Apple's own actions should be proof enough, don't you think?
  - camillomiller 12y ago
    Well, maybe that's my sketchy English, but I guess that's what I said. The last WWDC was the one to convince you, not me or anybody else outside of Apple. Proofs are effective if you don't degrade them constantly to worthless actions because of a former prejudice (not saying that's your case, but it's the case for many).
whatusername 12y ago
That's not particularly big news in the article either (that IBM support Macs internally). See this article from 2012: http://www.cultofmac.com/144386/if-ibm-can-win-with-macs-and-ipads-in-business-why-cant-you/ http://www.cultofmac.com/144386/if-ibm-can-win-with-macs-and... (Where it's postulated that IBM has the largest total number of Macs in an Org (outside of Apple))
- sounds 12y ago
  Not exactly -- IBM is now mandating their internal systems support Macs (if the rumor is to be believed). Beside the obvious problems with having to push that top-down when IBM already has so many Apple devices, there's the problem that they're late on Apple support. They can't afford to continue to lag "the mobile revolution, which IBM has missed out on."
agumonkey 12y ago
"When they partner with the company they used to poke fun at (1984 Commercial)..." Then the Microsoft deal at Jobs comeback. They had issues, identified them and then luck or genius made them what they are. Except even without mojo, they're still huge so I believe they can't have a crisis reaction yet. Maybe its the whole technology products that is in crisis. What is there to dream about ?
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by sounds 12y ago

camillomiller 12y ago

If you haven't seen the last WWDC, or if you have seen it but didn't like it as a programmer, I guess you'll be hard to convince.

sounds 12y ago
I shouldn't need convincing. Apple's own actions should be proof enough, don't you think?
- camillomiller 12y ago
  Well, maybe that's my sketchy English, but I guess that's what I said. The last WWDC was the one to convince you, not me or anybody else outside of Apple. Proofs are effective if you don't degrade them constantly to worthless actions because of a former prejudice (not saying that's your case, but it's the case for many).

whatusername 12y ago

That's not particularly big news in the article either (that IBM support Macs internally). See this article from 2012: http://www.cultofmac.com/144386/if-ibm-can-win-with-macs-and-ipads-in-business-why-cant-you/ http://www.cultofmac.com/144386/if-ibm-can-win-with-macs-and... (Where it's postulated that IBM has the largest total number of Macs in an Org (outside of Apple))

sounds 12y ago
Not exactly -- IBM is now mandating their internal systems support Macs (if the rumor is to be believed). Beside the obvious problems with having to push that top-down when IBM already has so many Apple devices, there's the problem that they're late on Apple support. They can't afford to continue to lag "the mobile revolution, which IBM has missed out on."

agumonkey 12y ago

"When they partner with the company they used to poke fun at (1984 Commercial)..." Then the Microsoft deal at Jobs comeback. They had issues, identified them and then luck or genius made them what they are. Except even without mojo, they're still huge so I believe they can't have a crisis reaction yet. Maybe its the whole technology products that is in crisis. What is there to dream about ?

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