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How Jobs Played Hardball In iPhone Birth
Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "Apple bucked the rules of the cellphone industry when creating the iPhone by wresting control away from normally powerful wireless carriers, the Wall Street Journal reports. From the article: 'Only three executives at the carrier, which is now the wireless unit of AT&T Inc., got to see the iPhone before it was announced. Cingular agreed to leave its brand off the body of the phone. Upsetting some Cingular insiders, it also abandoned its usual insistence that phone makers carry its software for Web surfing, ringtones and other services... Mr. Jobs once referred to telecom operators as "orifices" that other companies, including phone makers, must go through to reach consumers. While meeting with Cingular and other wireless operators he often reminded them of his view, dismissing them as commodities and telling them that they would never understand the Web and entertainment industry the way Apple did, a person familiar with the talks says.'"
If the 'consumers' feel they're being screwed by the cell phone operators, they don't need to purchase their services.
One word: Monopoly.
There are shills on slashdot. Apparently, I'm one of them.
Cue the endless stream of orifice jokes... now!
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Apple has always been about the user experience, even from the unpacking of a piece of hardware with their brand on it.
These carriers and Microsoft included are all about using their products and services.
Apples side of the diametric is that you use their services on their product versus using the product with the services that are included.
if you steal from one source, that is plagiarism, if you steal from many, well, that's just research.
It is the look of a mac fanboy rationalizing getting himself raped in the ass by his idol. Everyone look, isn't it sad how they live?
Your ignorance is infinitely greater than you realize.