Steve Jobs to Valleywag at 2:20 AM: “Why are you so bitter?”
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Steve Jobs to Valleywag at 2:20 AM: “Why are you so bitter?”
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Re: Steve Jobs to Valleywag at 2:20 AM: “Why are you so bitter?”
#2Internet drama really has come a long way, hasn't it?
Re: Steve Jobs to Valleywag at 2:20 AM: “Why are you so bitter?”
#3"By the way, what have you done that's so great? Do you create anything, or just criticise others work and belittle their motivations?"
Burn.
Re: Steve Jobs to Valleywag at 2:20 AM: “Why are you so bitter?”
#4I love that there is no reply after Steve's final question. What DOES this guy make?
Re: Steve Jobs to Valleywag at 2:20 AM: “Why are you so bitter?”
#5I love that there is no reply after Steve's final question. What DOES this guy make?
I don't think that really matters. Imagine someone makes a disease, and starts infecting people with it. Should you really dismiss the guy who says, "hey, this disease is bad, stop infecting people with it" simply because he doesn't make a vaccine?
If anything, not making anything means you are less likely to be biased. Steve likes the iPad because he made it, not because it's intrinsically good. This biases his views on how it affects the software world.
Anyway, making something is good, but not making doesn't mean that your commentary on other people's products is not useful.
Re: Steve Jobs to Valleywag at 2:20 AM: “Why are you so bitter?”
#6Internet drama really has come a long way, hasn't it?
Indeed. Instead of arguing with Apple fanbois on your favorite forum, you can have the exact same inane and irrelevant argument with one of Apple's co-founders! And it even ends with namecalling and a personal attacks! I love it.
Re: Steve Jobs to Valleywag at 2:20 AM: “Why are you so bitter?”
#7It looks like some commenters here and on the linked site actually believe this is a genuine email exchange with the real Steve Jobs... Why?
Re: Steve Jobs to Valleywag at 2:20 AM: “Why are you so bitter?”
#8Heh, I chuckled pretty hard at the Skunkworks joke.
Re: Steve Jobs to Valleywag at 2:20 AM: “Why are you so bitter?”
#9As a programmer I thought that preventing the use of some language on a platform by contract really sucked, but I've seen applications written in flash on the IPhone since and they are painfully slow.
I don't have an IPhone but I can understand that having lots of applications in the store and not knowing whether an application you try would be slow or fast would really feel like a lottery. It's sad because the adobe flash tool are great animation tools, and I don't know of anything coming close on the Iphone.
The impact on the battery would be unsolvable too. Sometimes it's better to avoid issues.
Re: Steve Jobs to Valleywag at 2:20 AM: “Why are you so bitter?”
#10I love that there is no reply after Steve's final question. What DOES this guy make?
I don't think that really matters. Imagine someone makes a disease, and starts infecting people with it. Should you really dismiss the guy who says, "hey, this disease is bad, stop infecting people with it" simply because he doesn't make a vaccine? If anything, not making anything means you are less likely to be biased. Steve likes the iPad because he made it, not because it's intrinsically good. This biases his view…
Anyway, making something is good, but not making something doesn't mean you lose any credibility.
It means you don't have credibility to start with.