RE: [WinMac] Steve Jobs f**king Apple... Again

Bush, Brian(brian.bush[at]kewill.com)
Thu, 17 Dec 1998 10:52:08 -0500

Linux will never be mainstream for the same reason Unix won't. You'd be
wasting your time arguing the virtues of UNIX as a server since I agree; but
as a mainstream client it will never make it. A small consession to a
celebrity is hardly a poor choice on Steve's part, yeah you may be jonesing
for the high end PBG3 but if David Foley uses it a lot it will end up in his
TV shows, movies, personal appearances, and essentially become free ad
dollars. The fact is he would have been stupid not to give David one.

Brian.

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Darryl Lee [SMTP:lee@darryl.com]
        Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 12:53 PM
        Subject: Re: [WinMac] Steve Jobs f**king Apple... Again

        *Sigh*

        Dan complained about Steve Jobs _personally_ screwing over Apple by
        not including Mac support on their CD-ROM. Oh _wah_.

        Disney has been screwing over Mac users for ages now, ever since
their
        "Blast" website for kids was _Windows-only_.

        What i found annoying on Macintouch
        (http://www.macintouch.com/newsprevious.html) was this:

> The latest examples of absurdly bad Apple Support Problems include
> an authorized Apple dealer's inability to get a defective
PowerBook
> fixed. If you know the right people, though, it may be easier.
> Jeremy Posner cites a FilmScouts interview:
>
> "The Quicktime movies show parts of an interview with Dave
> Foley, who provides the voice of the main character in the
> new Pixar film, 'A Bug's Life.' While finishing up the film,
> he wanted to get his hands on one of the back-ordered G3
> Powerbooks. After an innocent inquiry about jumping the list
> through his Pixar connections, Steve Jobs personally called
> him, asked which machine he was interested in, and arranged
> to have a complimentary Powerbook G3/300/DVD shipped to him
> the next week."

        Yeah, Steve _loves_ kissing up to the rich and famous. Think
        different? Think crappy service unless you're an actor that Steve
        likes.

        Ungh. But whatever. Apple's on its way out. Heck, that's why all
my
        main work is done on a Linux box. >:}

        But ah, i digress. This is a Windows-Macintosh Cooperation List.
        Sorry. Next time, i'll leave the rants at the door.

        --
        Darryl Lee <lee@darryl.com> | "That Systems Guy" |
<http://www.darryl.com>

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