"I can guarantee that most of the Slashdotters who hate MS so much would really enjoy working here."
Sure, the ones whose principles are for sale.
I don't begrudge you your choices. You're free to do as you will with your time and talent. I couldn't countenance working for Microsoft, because I think what they do in the computer industry is Wrong. I don't care how cool my office would be...I can afford my convictions.
" It lets him work on software projects that actually get used by a LOT of people,"
Whether they like it or not.
"As for MS being proven in a court of law to have broken laws several times, I imagine you can say the same of most large corporations if you look hard enough"
Ah. Everybody's doing it...it must be OK.
"Should people quit their jobs as chemists at Dow Chemical or Monsanto too?"
Only if those people have souls.
"Doesn't mean the bad decisions made by some workers there invalidate any and all good work done by others there."
What good work? Seriously. Where are these great products coming out of Redmond? I sure don't see them. Microsoft is taking the cream of the software engineering crop, and creating Office 2003. It's like taking Mozart and have him write cell phone jingles. They might be great cell phone jingles, but IT'S MOZART. He's capable of so much more.
"What has Microsoft done that other small and large corporations don't also do?"
Illegally abuse their monopoly.
"But place them on yourself not others, or you'll live in a very lonely world."
I don't owe my friendship to anybody. I choose to surround myself with good people. I don't really think it's possible to profit from Microsoft's illegal business practices and be a good person.
I agree with the person who turned around and walked away.
Uh, right. The iPod doesn't do all those things. Is this news? What it DOES, that nobody else in the industry has figured out, is be a really, really, really good MP3 player. There are zero alternatives that make library management and song selection simple.
Because geo-stationary orbit is really, really far away and is really, really expensive to get to?
People who launch satellites are pretty smart. If they put the satellites in LEO, it's not just because they didn't know about geostationary orbit. It's because they had a plan that doesn't require geostationary orbit.
How are the current portable satellite radio players doing?
I think this would add size, UI problems, and battery drain. How many iPods have sold relative to Sirius units? How much would Apple have to charge per month to keep the stream running?
I don't see it as a big win. More to the point, I think second guessing Jobs is a losing proposition. He's not perfect, but he's awful damn good....
I didn't say that advertising uninforms them. I said it encourages them to make uninformed (emotional) decisions.
Will using Acme body spray make me irresistable to women? No. So why do they show Axe body spray making men irresistable to women? Because they hope I will make an emotional decision and buy Acme body spray.
"The Ford Explosion has the biggest V8 in its class!"
What is its class? How many vehicles are in it? Is the class "The set of trucks whose V8s are smaller than the Ford Explosion"?
What has this advertisement told me? That the truck has a pretty big engine. That's not a very useful piece of information. What they're TRYING to tell me (with images of the truck going manly, rugged, truck-y things) is that if I buy this truck, I will be able to do manly, rugged, truck-y things, and if I don't buy one, I'm a sissy.
"How else are you supposed to make informed buying decisions?"
What on earth does making informed decisions have to do with advertising? Advertising is the polar opposite of encouraging people to make informed decisions. The purpose of advertising is to encourage people to make UNINFORMED decisions.
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Uh, with the exception of the iBook, all of Apple's products are made of aluminum.
But whatever.
"I can guarantee that most of the Slashdotters who hate MS so much would really enjoy working here."
Sure, the ones whose principles are for sale.
I don't begrudge you your choices. You're free to do as you will with your time and talent. I couldn't countenance working for Microsoft, because I think what they do in the computer industry is Wrong. I don't care how cool my office would be...I can afford my convictions.
" It lets him work on software projects that actually get used by a LOT of people,"
Whether they like it or not.
"As for MS being proven in a court of law to have broken laws several times, I imagine you can say the same of most large corporations if you look hard enough"
Ah. Everybody's doing it...it must be OK.
"Should people quit their jobs as chemists at Dow Chemical or Monsanto too?"
Only if those people have souls.
"Doesn't mean the bad decisions made by some workers there invalidate any and all good work done by others there."
What good work? Seriously. Where are these great products coming out of Redmond? I sure don't see them. Microsoft is taking the cream of the software engineering crop, and creating Office 2003. It's like taking Mozart and have him write cell phone jingles. They might be great cell phone jingles, but IT'S MOZART. He's capable of so much more.
"What has Microsoft done that other small and large corporations don't also do?"
Illegally abuse their monopoly.
"But place them on yourself not others, or you'll live in a very lonely world."
I don't owe my friendship to anybody. I choose to surround myself with good people. I don't really think it's possible to profit from Microsoft's illegal business practices and be a good person.
I agree with the person who turned around and walked away.
Yeah, because that totally fooled everyone.
Right.
Uh, right. The iPod doesn't do all those things. Is this news? What it DOES, that nobody else in the industry has figured out, is be a really, really, really good MP3 player. There are zero alternatives that make library management and song selection simple.
Why are you worried about how other people live and shop and eat? You go buy local beef, and leave the rest of us out of your predilections.
I like to buy meat from reputable local butchers. I used to work for one, and I got spoiled.
Remind me again: Who wrote Clinton's energy policy?
If you think that changing the party that's in power changes anything you really care about, I think you're a little naive.
Quicktime is not a codec.
I wonder if you can do other stuff on a Mac mini as well...
I think the more logical reason is the same reason they don't include an FM broadcaster in the iPod: It wouldn't work very well.
I'm glad Apple concentrated on making the iPod user experience so bulletproof, even at the expense of gee-whiz features.
I also think that Apple didn't want to back the wrong horse, and it's not clear which sat radio company is going to buy the other one...
Because geo-stationary orbit is really, really far away and is really, really expensive to get to?
People who launch satellites are pretty smart. If they put the satellites in LEO, it's not just because they didn't know about geostationary orbit. It's because they had a plan that doesn't require geostationary orbit.
So you're bringing, what exactly to this discussion?
You don't want an iPod. Good for you. Want a cookie?
How are the current portable satellite radio players doing?
I think this would add size, UI problems, and battery drain. How many iPods have sold relative to Sirius units? How much would Apple have to charge per month to keep the stream running?
I don't see it as a big win. More to the point, I think second guessing Jobs is a losing proposition. He's not perfect, but he's awful damn good....
I didn't say that advertising uninforms them. I said it encourages them to make uninformed (emotional) decisions.
Will using Acme body spray make me irresistable to women? No. So why do they show Axe body spray making men irresistable to women? Because they hope I will make an emotional decision and buy Acme body spray.
"The Ford Explosion has the biggest V8 in its class!"
What is its class? How many vehicles are in it? Is the class "The set of trucks whose V8s are smaller than the Ford Explosion"?
What has this advertisement told me? That the truck has a pretty big engine. That's not a very useful piece of information. What they're TRYING to tell me (with images of the truck going manly, rugged, truck-y things) is that if I buy this truck, I will be able to do manly, rugged, truck-y things, and if I don't buy one, I'm a sissy.
Education? Nonsense.
Shitty 8-track sound quality?
What color is the sky on your planet?
Being an MP3 player will also allow users to use iPod without purchasing anything more than Apple. What's your point?
RIGHT! I forgot. Apple is a beleaguered also-ran that isn't leading the computer industry or anything.
My bad.
"How else are you supposed to make informed buying decisions?"
What on earth does making informed decisions have to do with advertising? Advertising is the polar opposite of encouraging people to make informed decisions. The purpose of advertising is to encourage people to make UNINFORMED decisions.
Please tell me you understand that there is no such animal as a "typical American".
But Bush's dad didn't neglect to overthrow Korea twelve years ago, so there's no causus belli at all.
What, you actually thought Bush Jr. actually cared about WMDs? That was just window dressing.
Ah, yes: Hide all the important stuff behind a big aluminum door I'll have to deal with all the time.
Not good design.
Internals are nice. Externals are...a featureless metal box.
Aesthetics are important to me.
"because there have been PC manufacturers who did the same thing,"
Really? Where?
"(smooth, black, and with pretty lights, for example) "
I'd love to see examples of what you're talking about. Contrast them with the 20th Anniversary Mac that was released ten years ago.