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Steve Jobs Gives The Bird on Xserve Video

Posted by pudge on from the no-comment dept.

opaquewhite writes "In the recent 'Apple Introduces Xserve' video, an audience member asks two questions, the first regarding Apple's plans for licensing WebObjects, and the second a slam on Apple -- and a poorly aimed one, considering it focuses on slamming Apple's choice several years ago to license AIX for some of their early server offerings. Steve's response while the man is answering his question had me rolling on the floor practically in tears. To see it for yourself, take a look at the video and skip ahead to about 01:28:30 and watch from there. At 01:29:02, Steve makes a familiar gesture to push up his glasses -- glasses which by any account needed no adjustment. A video capture is available."

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  1. No account? by Johnny+Mnemonic · · Score: 5, Interesting


    If by "any account needed no adjustment" you don't include the fact that moments previous he rubbed his eye, thereby dislodging his glasses, you might have a point.

    I think the funnier part of that dialogue is when Jobs explains that "that was before I came back to Apple, which I consider a dream, like Apple was in a coma". It raises the issue again: what would Apple be like if Jobs never left?

    One thing's for sure--nothing like it is now. Whether that means "more successful", "more successful like Microsoft" or "more like Be" I'll leave to future posters.

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    1. Re:No account? by technomancerX · · Score: 5, Interesting
      "It raises the issue again: what would Apple be like if Jobs never left?"

      Actually, if Jobs hadn't left and learned many valuable lessons by more or less falling on his face with NeXT (amazing technology, but let's face it a financial disaster) Apple would have probably crashed and burned.

      Jobs learned from his mistakes at NeXT and used the experience to bring Apple back from the brink.

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  2. There wasn't a slam or a bird. by macaddict · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The audience member asked a question regarding Apple's track record with servers and how it would affect interest in the Xserve. It wasn't a slam and Steve didn't seem to take it that way. The gesture was a quick adjustment to his glasses (which he had just knocked aside while rubbing his eye).