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Is Apple & Community Evangelizing Into Uncoolness?

Posted by Zonk on from the too-cool-for-school dept.

kbeischer writes "John Kheit followed up his MacObsorne article, which others have since covered minus the parts detailing a Steve Jobs uncanny ability to repeat his own mistakes, with a scathing editorial damning the most of the Mac Press, Apple's managment and parts of the user base as a bunch of deranged goose-stepping lemmings that are ignoring the costs associated with the Mac PPC to Intel switch. In the editorial, he links to an older article on BOZO (bitter obstanate zealot order) users causing market share loss. All of which makes me wonder, do evangelical users and press help or hurt the popularity of a platform?"

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  1. Wait... by fuct_onion · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Apple & Community were cool???

  2. Spineless Jellyfish... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    From the article: I wonder if the Atlantic ocean has as vast a collection of spineless jellyfish as seemingly comprises significant portions of the Macintosh user base and its ass-kissing punditry.

    Sounds like the Washington, D.C. political establishment. I thought the entire Macintosh user base was located in California (there was an earthquake with the last Steve Job's announcement). We do have spineless somethings in Sacramento but they're not jellyfish. ;)

  3. Re:"Scathing"....good word. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Gimme a break. As if the Mac worshippers on Slashdot are being fair or balanced with their insane love of Apple, or their hatred and snide insults for linux or Windows.

    Last week the Mac idiots screamed that the Pentium was a POS. This week it's God's gift to man and NOBODY sees the hypocricy? THAT'S some fucking Kool-Ade you guys are drinking.

    And by the way, the iShuffle gets it's ass kicked by Sandisk's Digital Audio Player, but do I hear one word about it here? No, because it's not from Apple, and Slashdot has become an all-Apple fan site.

  4. Re:"Scathing"....good word. by deacon · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Hmmm. So the rumor that mac zealots cannot laugh at a joke at their expense is true.

    This guy is using hyperbole to make a point, and you and the mods that + you prove his point. His article made me, and many others LOL.

    Funny to think, that if the FA was bashing MS in the same terms, people complaining about it would get - mods, but quite rightly told to get a life.

    The FA makes good points. Your whining about the hyperbole has apparently made you unable, or unwilling, to address them.

  5. Re:"Scathing"....good word. by madprof · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Well you've given no real rebuttal of his allegedly-insubstantial article. Perhaps you are only able to give your opinion of views because you're unable to factually counter what has been presented?

  6. Re:"Scathing"....good word. by aichpvee · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well that would certainly make some sense, after all, if anyone knows about uncool it's microsoft and sco.

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