A post just for @rastard.
My take is like MDN. He thought that Apple Retail Stores would flop. In reality they are the single biggest factor in Apple’s growth. We don’t need Jimmy Carter as chairman of the bored (spelling purposeful).
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Birra 4:45 pm on November 17, 2011 184 days ago Reply
Oh oh, just remembered I met this guy while doing a security review for Genentech. Milk toast personified!
Birra 4:55 pm on November 17, 2011 184 days ago Reply
Sorry, that was Amgen, mind is slowly eroding. My son worked for Genentech before he decided to spend his life playing video games. Finally made better money with the latter after starting as a lowly hourly tester. Was tough to give up the monster dollars for awhile.
rastard 10:00 pm on November 17, 2011 184 days ago Reply
Heh, I actually don’t think of Apple (the company) as being arrogant. Nor do I find their employees to be (I know loads of engineers who work there, and while they’re all *very* good (and justifiably would have reason to be arrogant), they’re all generally pretty humble and balanced).
The “pretentious, arrogant and supercilious douchebags” I previous referred to tend to simply be hardcore Apple fanboys — who unlike the Apple employees, generally have no foundation or accomplishment to justify it.
Birra 10:38 pm on November 17, 2011 184 days ago Reply
Not guilty, I did something worthwhile once, I think.
Richard 2:03 pm on November 18, 2011 183 days ago Reply
This is indeed a bit worrisome. We had a Professor who was a genius: whatever you proposed, he could spell out detailed valid reasons why it would not work. He was very, very, good, and never supported anything. Such people are dangerous. I hope AAPL is not in trouble with a wet blanket.
rastard 7:33 pm on November 18, 2011 183 days ago Reply
Before we continue to assassinate Levinson’s suitability for Apple based on 1 single position of his, it might be worth looking into what his other positions have been. Here’s one:
“He was one of the key people pushing for Apple to open up the iPhone to an App Store. “I called [Steve Jobs] a half dozen times to lobby for the potential of the apps,” Levinson told Isaacson. Jobs was reluctant to do an App Store because he didn’t want people mucking around with the iPhone.”
Read more: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-11-16/tech/30404739_1_app-store-iphone-apple-stores#ixzz1e5S01Yzc