>>>I don't undervalue Steve Jobs. But I see through him.
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>MS was selling Win CE6.x stuff until iPhone was released. Then CE tanked. Which was better, iPhone or CE? If iPhone, then it may have been marketed brilliantly but also it was a better device. I'd rather see good marketing of a good device than good marketing of a lousy device that prevails because better options can't afford marketing. That may have been the norm before but the arrival of online App repositories (pioneered by Apple) allows everybody some time in the sun.
But the Apple shtick has always been only which has the imprimature of The Steve is worthy. Apps, peripherals etc for imac, iphone, ipad, itunes, iRack, blah blah only avaialble through Apple. Only Apple geniuses fit to change a battery. Internet content only valid if it is somehow fed through the Apple Filter ( flv - are you kidding ??? ) Brilliant from the point of view of Apple. Requires a lot of Faith on the part of the Believers to get them to buy "apps" that give them stuff the internet gives them for free.
What I find amusing is how many people I know who are big fans of Apple and Open Source. and don't seem to see the irony. <bg> Watching Steve Jobs speak to the fanboys is like watching a Leni Reifenstahl documentary on L Ron addressing the Sea Org.
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