This, this, a thousand times THIS! Nothing highlights the difference between Woz (a true geek and visionary tinkerer) and Jobs (a cold-blooded marketer who couldn't give a shit less about the tech itself) than to contrast the Apple I/II days (when Woz was still doing the heavy-lifting) with today's walled-garden/don't-even-think-about-tinkering-with-this iOS era.
At this point they're starting to sound like a petulant child, repeatedly throwing temper tantrums and screaming "NO NO NO!!!" over and over again.
Or would a better analogy be a guy standing in the middle of a flood, trying to stop the rushing waters by holding out his hands?
They have no intention of actually launching this, anymore than they're going to put servers on Sealand. But the announcement gets them lots of free PR.
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This, this, a thousand times THIS! Nothing highlights the difference between Woz (a true geek and visionary tinkerer) and Jobs (a cold-blooded marketer who couldn't give a shit less about the tech itself) than to contrast the Apple I/II days (when Woz was still doing the heavy-lifting) with today's walled-garden/don't-even-think-about-tinkering-with-this iOS era.
At this point they're starting to sound like a petulant child, repeatedly throwing temper tantrums and screaming "NO NO NO!!!" over and over again. Or would a better analogy be a guy standing in the middle of a flood, trying to stop the rushing waters by holding out his hands?
They have no intention of actually launching this, anymore than they're going to put servers on Sealand. But the announcement gets them lots of free PR.