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The decade of Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple

15 points by Chirag 17y ago

raganwald 17y ago
hagiographic
- lsb 17y ago
  Hagiographic is Greek, from "hagios" = saint + "graph" = writing, meaning "writing about someone as if they were a saint". DH0. Name-calling. This is the lowest form of disagreement, and probably also the most common. We've all seen comments like this: u r a fag!!!!!!!!!! But it's important to realize that more articulate name-calling has just as little weight. A comment like The author is a self-important dilettante. is really nothing more than a pretentious version of "u r a fag."
  - raganwald 17y ago
    > DH0. Name-calling. I disagree. I said nothing about the author, I said something about the tone of the story. Read the definition of the word you supplied: > writing about someone as if they were a saint What name does this call the author? For that matter, is it even derogatory about the story? I think it's a factual description of the post. If you choose to take it as a negative statement about the author by way of being a criticism of the story, I think your argument reflects biases I do not share.
johnrob 17y ago
"The company was worth about $5 billion in 2000, just before Jobs unleashed Apple's groundbreaking "digital lifestyle" strategy, understood at the time by few critics. Today, at about $170 billion, Apple is slightly more valuable than Google" The author probably forgot to consider that google was a 2 year old startup in 2000. The kudos really should go to google.
- mrshoe 17y ago
  Turning an internet startup into a $170 billion company in 9 years is a rare feat. Turning a $5 billion, 25 year old computer company into a $170 billion company in 9 years is far rarer.
- raganwald 17y ago
  A certain kind of kudo does indeed go to Google. I don't take the article as claiming that the accomplishments of Google the company are somehow less impressive than the accomplishments of Apple the company. Instead, the article is about how Steve Jobs has had four major successes as a CEO. That is extremely, extremely rare. Google's founders are still young and much may happen between now and when they retire. But for the moment, the breathless prose lauding Mr. Jobs is quite nearly justified.
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15 points by Chirag 17y ago

raganwald 17y ago

hagiographic

lsb 17y ago
Hagiographic is Greek, from "hagios" = saint + "graph" = writing, meaning "writing about someone as if they were a saint". DH0. Name-calling. This is the lowest form of disagreement, and probably also the most common. We've all seen comments like this: u r a fag!!!!!!!!!! But it's important to realize that more articulate name-calling has just as little weight. A comment like The author is a self-important dilettante. is really nothing more than a pretentious version of "u r a fag."
- raganwald 17y ago
  > DH0. Name-calling. I disagree. I said nothing about the author, I said something about the tone of the story. Read the definition of the word you supplied: > writing about someone as if they were a saint What name does this call the author? For that matter, is it even derogatory about the story? I think it's a factual description of the post. If you choose to take it as a negative statement about the author by way of being a criticism of the story, I think your argument reflects biases I do not share.

johnrob 17y ago

"The company was worth about $5 billion in 2000, just before Jobs unleashed Apple's groundbreaking "digital lifestyle" strategy, understood at the time by few critics. Today, at about $170 billion, Apple is slightly more valuable than Google" The author probably forgot to consider that google was a 2 year old startup in 2000. The kudos really should go to google.

mrshoe 17y ago
Turning an internet startup into a $170 billion company in 9 years is a rare feat. Turning a $5 billion, 25 year old computer company into a $170 billion company in 9 years is far rarer.
raganwald 17y ago
A certain kind of kudo does indeed go to Google. I don't take the article as claiming that the accomplishments of Google the company are somehow less impressive than the accomplishments of Apple the company. Instead, the article is about how Steve Jobs has had four major successes as a CEO. That is extremely, extremely rare. Google's founders are still young and much may happen between now and when they retire. But for the moment, the breathless prose lauding Mr. Jobs is quite nearly justified.

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