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Re: Steve Jobs, BMW & eBay

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Post by tjogin »

nirvana wrote: post #16

Here it is 14 years later. The thing about that meeting, that strikes me, is that this is what Apple always was. Steve wasn't bringing a purpose to Apple, he was reminding Apple employees of Apple's purpose. Apple still has that purpose. Every product cycle you see the blogs and the pundits speculating on what Apple will do, and exclaiming what Apple should do. Just today I saw an article along the lines of "now that…

I agree, and it has puzzled me also why so many people just doesn't get it. Apple operates as dependently as a clock. You can see from a mile away what their intentions are when they've done something (or haven't done something), and they are often honest and upfront about it.

And yet, people think Apple have some sort of unlikely agenda of world domination. Jesus christ. They just want to make the best products possible, what is so hard to understand about that?

Re: Steve Jobs, BMW & eBay

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Post by pilsetnieks »

hollerith wrote: post #29
nirvana wrote: post #16

Here it is 14 years later. The thing about that meeting, that strikes me, is that this is what Apple always was. Steve wasn't bringing a purpose to Apple, he was reminding Apple employees of Apple's purpose. Apple still has that purpose. Every product cycle you see the blogs and the pundits speculating on what Apple will do, and exclaiming what Apple should do. Just today I saw an article along the lines of "now that…

>Apple is not proprietary. Hell, Mac OS X is the most popular open sourced operating system on the planet. Let's not let our enthusiasm blind us to reality.

He is almost true in the pragmatic sense that a lot of the OS is open sourced and it certainly lends itself well to running and developing open source.

Of course it isn't open in the Stallman sense of "if you don't melt the ore yourself, it's not open" but then again Linuxes and others aren't, too.

Re: Steve Jobs, BMW & eBay

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Post by kapilash »

> Apple so easily could have gone the way of SGI, the way of Sun. Instead, it literally shapes the future of the industry. All because in 1997 Steve was able to offer a simple and compelling reason for Apple to exist. A purpose. And it’s a purpose that managed to aggregate some of the most talented people in the world to do some of their best work. Again and again.

Isn't it survivorship bias?

Re: Steve Jobs, BMW & eBay

#35

Post by delinka »

tkaemming wrote: post #11
pkamb wrote: post #3

Strange that he picked BMW for his example. He seems to be more of a Mercedes guy.

Steve actually drove a Mercedes SL55 AMG: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/10/steve-jobs-...

The article mentions that he drove with no license plate. But I always wondered if he possessed the plate and never attached it, keeping it inside the car just in case.

Re: Steve Jobs, BMW & eBay

#36

Post by kamaal »

pilsetnieks wrote: post #33
hollerith wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Apple is not proprietary. Hell, Mac OS X is the most popular open sourced operating system on the planet. Let's not let our enthusiasm blind us to reality.

He is almost true in the pragmatic sense that a lot of the OS is open sourced and it certainly lends itself well to running and developing open source. Of course it isn't open in the Stallman sense of "if you don't melt the ore yourself, it's not open" but then again Linuxes and others aren't, too.

Pardon my ignorance, Or may be I'm just out uninformed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X - mentions, its under a proprietary EULA.

Re: Steve Jobs, BMW & eBay

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Post by rimantas »

ibisum wrote: post #30
nirvana wrote: post #16

Here it is 14 years later. The thing about that meeting, that strikes me, is that this is what Apple always was. Steve wasn't bringing a purpose to Apple, he was reminding Apple employees of Apple's purpose. Apple still has that purpose. Every product cycle you see the blogs and the pundits speculating on what Apple will do, and exclaiming what Apple should do. Just today I saw an article along the lines of "now that…

> Hell, Mac OS X is the most popular open sourced operating system on the planet. No. Linux.

OTOH iOS has bigger market share in web browsing than desktop linux…

Re: Steve Jobs, BMW & eBay

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Post by narcissus »

ibisum wrote: post #30
nirvana wrote: post #16

Here it is 14 years later. The thing about that meeting, that strikes me, is that this is what Apple always was. Steve wasn't bringing a purpose to Apple, he was reminding Apple employees of Apple's purpose. Apple still has that purpose. Every product cycle you see the blogs and the pundits speculating on what Apple will do, and exclaiming what Apple should do. Just today I saw an article along the lines of "now that…

> Hell, Mac OS X is the most popular open sourced operating system on the planet. No. Linux.

I would be surprised if Linux had it over the TRON Project ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRON_Project ), but then again, TRON and Linux are in different 'leagues' as far as 'operating systems' go.

Re: Steve Jobs, BMW & eBay

#39

Post by arthurschreiber »

kamaal wrote: post #36
pilsetnieks wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He is almost true in the pragmatic sense that a lot of the OS is open sourced and it certainly lends itself well to running and developing open source. Of course it isn't open in the Stallman sense of "if you don't melt the ore yourself, it's not open" but then again Linuxes and others aren't, too.

Pardon my ignorance, Or may be I'm just out uninformed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X - mentions, its under a proprietary EULA.

Mac OS X as a whole package might not be open source, but many of its individual components (Darwin, Webkit, ...) are open. (See http://opensource.apple.com/)

Re: Steve Jobs, BMW & eBay

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Post by protomyth »

delinka wrote: post #35
tkaemming wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Steve actually drove a Mercedes SL55 AMG: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/10/steve-jobs-...

The article mentions that he drove with no license plate. But I always wondered if he possessed the plate and never attached it, keeping it inside the car just in case.

California has special rules for celebrities stemming from safety concerns.
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