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Re: Apple Said to Acquire Color

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To answer the question: "wtf just happened." If you have ever seen the TV show "House" [1] its the part where each doctor makes a different diagnosis and Dr. House keeps trying to fit all the pieces together to get to the real issue. Clearly Color is in a state of transition, I know of no company with an absent CEO, and no COO, that are stable. The tech "press" is in a feeding frenzy trying to be the first to 'diagno…

I'm more interested in what this story says about HN? How often does HN get wrapped up in personal stories without hearing the other side? Or get wrapped up in virtually meaningless drama like this such that we have THREE such major "stories" throughout the day distracting from things of legitimate interest or value to "hackers" (or their bossses, etc). I pay about as much attention to these stories as I do the stori…

Relevant > http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4666978

Re: Apple Said to Acquire Color

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Apple just jumped the shark if this is true.

Bill Nguyen is massively talented at making things work for Bill Nguyen - his prior business bought by Apple for ~$80m, Lala.com, was lackluster at best.

Under Jobs you could kind of, sort of get your head around $80m for essentially a talent acquisition in streaming / digital music which is/was an important revenue stream for AAPL.

But even under Jobs the supposed golden boy, Nguyen, bailed. Taking his vision and some of his best people with him.

So I see this as "Apple makes the same mistake twice" - and if Apple is going to jump into the "social around you, bullshit, blah blah blah" game through this acquisition I am truly sad.

Re: Apple Said to Acquire Color

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post #62

Apple just jumped the shark if this is true. Bill Nguyen is massively talented at making things work for Bill Nguyen - his prior business bought by Apple for ~$80m, Lala.com, was lackluster at best. Under Jobs you could kind of, sort of get your head around $80m for essentially a talent acquisition in streaming / digital music which is/was an important revenue stream for AAPL. But even under Jobs the supposed golden…

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Re: Apple Said to Acquire Color

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post #62

Apple just jumped the shark if this is true. Bill Nguyen is massively talented at making things work for Bill Nguyen - his prior business bought by Apple for ~$80m, Lala.com, was lackluster at best. Under Jobs you could kind of, sort of get your head around $80m for essentially a talent acquisition in streaming / digital music which is/was an important revenue stream for AAPL. But even under Jobs the supposed golden…

Last I checked iTunes Match, which is the child of the Lala team, is working pretty well.

Re: Apple Said to Acquire Color

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post #62

Apple just jumped the shark if this is true. Bill Nguyen is massively talented at making things work for Bill Nguyen - his prior business bought by Apple for ~$80m, Lala.com, was lackluster at best. Under Jobs you could kind of, sort of get your head around $80m for essentially a talent acquisition in streaming / digital music which is/was an important revenue stream for AAPL. But even under Jobs the supposed golden…

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