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Apple Is Much Smarter Than You Are

January 16, 2007 – 9:22 am

They don’t want amateurs messing around with their babies.

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  1. 12 Responses to “Apple Is Much Smarter Than You Are”

  2. You crack me up…and I totally agree with you on this one: don’t like it, don’t buy it!

    By Todd on Jan 16, 2007

  3. Thanks Todd, yeah it’s a no-brainer.

    By Loren on Jan 16, 2007

  4. Nice to hear some no b.s. commentary on the subject.

    I think you’re right on the money about people wanting to own their music, not rent it. You’d think that was common sense.

    By Vince Williams on Jan 16, 2007

  5. Vince,
    Common sense is in short supply these days pal.

    By Loren on Jan 16, 2007

  6. Couldn’t agree more.

    Open Source does not always equal Excellent Source.

    Its why Hollywood mostly sucks. Too many people milling around the set with an opinion.

    But then, I’m a jackass individualist.

    By Robert Bruce on Jan 16, 2007

  7. No Bruce, you are a leader not a follower. That’s all it is. Those who lead and those who follow.

    By Loren on Jan 16, 2007

  8. You’re not making an argument at all. It’s an assertion. “If you don’t like it, don’t buy it… that’s capitalism,” you say, as if capitalism is a system designed to serve the consumer. It is not. It is designed to serve corporations.
    And no, the correction to capitalism is not communism, in case anyone was going to make a straw man argument. It is possible to have non-commercial activity within a capitalist system. That’s what open-source is all about.
    Steve Jobs is not excluding open source because he is a visionary - because he is smarter than us - it is because it is a better business model.
    Excluding open source is much better for Apple shareholders, but it hinders creativity. Now that is capitalism.

    By le_poulet_noir on Jan 18, 2007

  9. I haven’t watched the video, but I have to chime in here. I’ve been involved in Linux since around 1993, as a user and an occasional developer. And I have to tell you — most of open source software is crap.

    That’s not to say some of it isn’t good, but most of the innovation happening is driven — surprise — by economic incentive. Companies like Xerox, AT&T, Digital, and yes, Microsoft, innovate, then a bunch of geeky college students do a second-rate knock off (or a phenomenal re-implementation even), and what’s that prove? That they can re-invent the wheel, cleverly.

    This open source hype is just ridiculous. It’s a nice way for people to get software that works without having to pay for it. Hooray, and as far as that goes it’s terrific. It’s not the answer to capitalism.

    You may return to your regularly scheduled bong-smoking now.

    By jvon on Jan 18, 2007

  10. That was good jvon.

    You know, when Winston Churchill was writing A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, they say he drank a quart of Courvoisier a day.

    It takes a lot of fuel for the brain to do all that cogitating.

    So HE had his brandy, and I have my bong.

    Actually, it’s a bat, and if you’ll excuse me, I have to take a swat.

    By Vince Williams on Jan 18, 2007

  11. Jvon and Vince,

    No offense to other viewers but, you two are so awesome. I swear half the reason I do this shit is to get you two going. The other half is to try and help people, and the third half is to look at myself.

    By Loren on Jan 18, 2007

  12. Thanks Loren, it works both ways.

    By Vince Williams on Jan 18, 2007

  13. Apple is nice. Apple is too expensive. I don’t buy Apple. This is not the era when kids are prepared to pay $120 for their sneakers, this is the era when China and India make stuff cheaper so you and I don’t have to pay.

    I’d like to own movies if they were up for $0.99 a time.

    Phil Collins!?!? Holy cow Loren, I thought you were into Bebel and stuff?

    By AndrewE on Jan 20, 2007

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