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Steve Jobs The Lost Interview is on iTunes, but don’t tell anyone, okay?

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#12

> This is the most valuable company on earth ...and I stopped reading the article. I think the author is being facetious/sarcastic, but I can't tell.

Valuable in terms of market capitalization[1].

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_corporations_by_market_...

Re: Steve Jobs The Lost Interview is on iTunes, but don’t tell anyone, okay?

#13

> This is the most valuable company on earth ...and I stopped reading the article. I think the author is being facetious/sarcastic, but I can't tell.

In terms of market capitalization, it is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_corporations_by_market_...

Re: Steve Jobs The Lost Interview is on iTunes, but don’t tell anyone, okay?

#14

> This is the most valuable company on earth ...and I stopped reading the article. I think the author is being facetious/sarcastic, but I can't tell.

> I think the author is being facetious/sarcastic

Neither, They're stating a fact.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/marketshare/2012/02/16/the-most-...

Re: Steve Jobs The Lost Interview is on iTunes, but don’t tell anyone, okay?

#16

> This is the most valuable company on earth ...and I stopped reading the article. I think the author is being facetious/sarcastic, but I can't tell.

In terms of market capitalization, it is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_corporations_by_market_...

Actually, It's the most valuable publicly traded company by market cap. Saudi Aramco's worth trillions (some estimates go as high as 15 trillion)! :D

They have at least 260 billion barrels of oil, most of which are easily recoverable for less than $3 per barrel: http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/09/worlds-biggest-oil-companie... - That's a lot of money...

Re: Steve Jobs The Lost Interview is on iTunes, but don’t tell anyone, okay?

#17

I think the author is making too big a deal of this video not being promoted by Apple. Sure, to us reading from the author's blog, we know it's an independent video. To most people who would load up iTunes and see a big banner for a Steve Jobs video on the front of the store, it would seem as though Apple were behind it. I don't think there's anything wrong with not actively promoting that sort of confusion. If they'…

I don't think it getting credibility in that way was ever any sort of a risk. A small independent documentary for a niche audience was never going to get the same sort of billing as John Carter.

But that's probably what's happened - it's a small niche interest film that they've just dumped in there. Looking at the new releases I don't think that's all new releases, just potentially popular ones.

Not everything gets equal billing in iTunes and not promoting something isn't the same as burying it. I suspect that this has had precisely the same level of attention applied to it as any other small, indie film - that is none at all.

Re: Steve Jobs The Lost Interview is on iTunes, but don’t tell anyone, okay?

#18

I think the author is making too big a deal of this video not being promoted by Apple. Sure, to us reading from the author's blog, we know it's an independent video. To most people who would load up iTunes and see a big banner for a Steve Jobs video on the front of the store, it would seem as though Apple were behind it. I don't think there's anything wrong with not actively promoting that sort of confusion. If they'…

In other words: don't confuse indifference with derision.

Re: Steve Jobs The Lost Interview is on iTunes, but don’t tell anyone, okay?

#19

I think the author is making too big a deal of this video not being promoted by Apple. Sure, to us reading from the author's blog, we know it's an independent video. To most people who would load up iTunes and see a big banner for a Steve Jobs video on the front of the store, it would seem as though Apple were behind it. I don't think there's anything wrong with not actively promoting that sort of confusion. If they'…

You misinterpret. It's just the old "See the X that Y doesn't want you to see" sales routine.
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