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I'm impressed to see a news article about Apple actually list Ronald Wayne as one of the original founders. He might be the fifth Beatle in some ways, but he was there at the start.
"In this episode, while investigating the 75 year old wreck of a Federation transport vessel, the Starfleet starship USS Enterprise-D crew discovers the former Chief Engineer of the Constitution class starship USS Enterprise NCC-1701, Montgomery Scott (James Doohan), alive in a transporter buffer. After being cleared by Dr. Crusher, Scott is eager to see the advances in technology including a tour of the Engineering…
Indeed, Apple is no longer a tech company, they are now a brand like Coke and Nike.
But, the actual technology is 2nd to the experience of the lifestyle.
"In this episode, while investigating the 75 year old wreck of a Federation transport vessel, the Starfleet starship USS Enterprise-D crew discovers the former Chief Engineer of the Constitution class starship USS Enterprise NCC-1701, Montgomery Scott (James Doohan), alive in a transporter buffer. After being cleared by Dr. Crusher, Scott is eager to see the advances in technology including a tour of the Engineering…
Indeed, Apple is no longer a tech company, they are now a brand like Coke and Nike.
Woz went back once before, and at one point his manager actually gave him a bad review. Good thing it was pre-internet, or the mgr would never live it down.
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Indeed! Tablets have been around for years and suddenly there's an Apple logo on one and the fanboys act like it's some sort of technical advance....
Well, uh, tablets have been around for years. And suddenly there's an Apple logo on one, and the fanbois did act like it was amazing. What was amazing was putting phone software on a tablet instead of Windows Tablet Edition on a tablet.
I'm not aware of any widespread denial of the existance of tablet PCs by "fanbois", I remember them quite enjoying mocking those tablet PCs, especially by contrasting them with the iPad. Longer battery life, thinner, lighter, no keyboard, running no desktop OS, you can get one for $500 – all those features together are a genuine innovation and they touch on both hardware and software. That doesn't mean that some or all of those individual components didn't exist in other products often long prior to the iPad.
You can't build the iPad without knowing what you do. Just look at how Apple's competitors are still struggling. If making a tablet people want to buy was just a question of taking existing technology and marketing it right there would have been credible iPad competitors much earlier.
In a number of ways I think Woz actually seems like an interesting fit for Microsoft, in terms of compatibility of culture and bringing values to the table that could move the business forward. I'd be quicker to buy stock in Microsoft if Woz were signing on, than I would Apple.
I'd be quicker to buy canned goods and ammunition in such a scenario, because the next thing coming over the mountain will be either zombies or Jesus.
This is a very typical Woz story. A reporter asks Woz a hypothetical question. Woz gives an honest answer. Reporter ignores the statistical insignificance of the hypothetical scenario and reports result as if it has 100% probability of happening. This happens to many great thinkers. Obligatory made-up scenario: Reporter: "If you were in a plane crash in the Andes and the only food you could find was bodies of dead pa…
Where I think Woz would be a good fit for Apple would be speaking on college campuses and indirectly recruting the best talent for Apple. But the biggest challenge would be for him to stay on message. First time he disagreed with Jobs in public as an Apple employee it would be very awkward. For that reason alone I don't think it would ever happen. Woz is going to be the commencement speaker on May 6th at my alma mate…
Yea, but the illusion that celebrities are perfect is IMO ridiculous, and dates back to what I call "legacy" PR based on controlling the message.