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Jobs has got to be pissed.
Yeah, that's presumably the last time McGraw-Hill get to do any pre-release deals with Apple. It's not clear to me how that stunt is a net gain to them.
2 options: 1) Legally incompetent CEO of a major international corporation 2) Another controlled leak from Apple. Which do you think is more likely?
In all likelihood, the tablet OS will be based on OS X in the same way that iPhone OS is - many of the same architectural underpinnings, but a completely different presentation layer that's optimized for the hardware.
Maybe he meant "based on OS X, like iPhone OS"?
"Based on the iPhone OS" doesn't mean it IS the iPhone OS.
McGraw Hill CEO found dead. Silver Mercedes with no license plate seen fleeing the crime.
About 18 months ago I was driving on the 101 near Mountain View, headed north at 10pm or so, when a white Mercedes with no plate zoomed past me. I was doing 70, it must have been going over 100. Always wondered if that was Steve.
2 options: 1) Legally incompetent CEO of a major international corporation 2) Another controlled leak from Apple. Which do you think is more likely?
In all seriousness, option (1). There's no upside to leaking this 24 hours in advance of actually announcing it when hype is already at fever pitch. And if you need examples of hilariously incompetent CEOs I refer you to the automotive and banking industries.
You also prime the hype pump one more time. Remember that the financial types don't read tuaw, gizmodo, and engadget all day long looking for Apple rumors. I consider it the noisemaker they shoot off before the real firework show starts.
2 options: 1) Legally incompetent CEO of a major international corporation 2) Another controlled leak from Apple. Which do you think is more likely?
In all seriousness, option (1). There's no upside to leaking this 24 hours in advance of actually announcing it when hype is already at fever pitch. And if you need examples of hilariously incompetent CEOs I refer you to the automotive and banking industries.
That is a pretty outrageous claim. The upside is more press. The 'news' agencies/tabloids hate repeating material and need fresh information to talk about tonite before the big launch.
You have to throw some meat out to the lions, even if you are intentionally leaving them hungry.
iPhone-based OS. I wonder if everything will have to go through an App-store? Annoying if so.
I don't think there was ever a reasonable chance of anything else. I mean, if you're Apple, why do anything else? For the most part consumers clearly love to use the App Store. It has serious review process and barrier to entry issues, but those can be fixed over time (hopefully) and as long as there is an active audience, vendors will continue to come.
McGraw Hill CEO found dead. Silver Mercedes with no license plate seen fleeing the crime.
About 18 months ago I was driving on the 101 near Mountain View, headed north at 10pm or so, when a white Mercedes with no plate zoomed past me. I was doing 70, it must have been going over 100. Always wondered if that was Steve.
iPhone-based OS. I wonder if everything will have to go through an App-store? Annoying if so.