On Wednesday, November 7, 2001, at 09:17 PM, James Elliott wrote:
>
> I know you weren't singling people out, but in rereading my post, I
> think I
> phrased what I said VERY poorly. Let it suffice to say that I agree
> with
> SlashDevNull. I will now bow out of this discussion, for a closed mouth
> gathers no foot. Or a flame, for that matter.
>
> -James
>
> In a message dated 11/7/01 5:29:49 PM, SlashDevNull_at_mac.com writes:
>
>>
>> Salutations,
>>
>> First of all, forgive me if this sounds as if I am teeing off at a
>> single
>> person. This is not my intention.
>>
>> This is EXACTLY the attitude that roasts my chaca's. (don't bother
>> looking for the word. I just made it up for effect)
>>
>> These people that HATE Apple but LOVE their products or LOVE one of
>> them.
>> So they buy ONLY what they NEED from Apple and they spend their time
>> denouncing Apple in every forum or conversation that they can bring up.
>>
>> Well, I have news for you people. Only Apple could have produced the
>> Newton. My proof is that nothing else comes close. Only Apple could
>> have
>> produced the Mac, the Macintosh OS, the iPod, the iMac, Final Cut,
>> iTunes,
>> iDVD, OS X, and all of the wonderful technologies that have come out of
>> Cupertino.
>>
>> And for people to turn on Apple at the FIRST (or second, or even more)
>> simply because of a business decision that THEY didn't like (and may
>> have
>> lost money on) is shortsighted.
>>
>> And when people denounce Apple that makes others think the same about
>> Apple. And since the VAST majority of the other 95% people perception
>> of
>> Apple only comes from these denouncers they in turn think Apple is a
>> poor
>> company.
>>
>> So you know what happens? NOBODY buys anything from Apple because
>> everyone one they know says Apple is a terrible company EXCEPT for one
>> product. And before you know it, Apple is dead.
>>
>> And that company that YOU hate, but LOVE their products no longer
>> makes
>> anything. And then you have Palm and windows. Completely third rate
>> hardware and software.
>>
>> Apple is a unique company. And Apple makes unique products that
>> almost
>> always are the absolute best products in that category. And sure,
>> Apple
>> may
>> piss off one of you, and it may make a bonehead move and cost you some
>> money.
>>
>> But I would take a world with Apple (and the occasional bonehead move)
>> than the alternate any day. Because the alternate is a bland world
>> with
>> third rate products where innovation is adding skins to windows.
>>
>> David
>
>
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> Is that a Newton in your pocket, or are you happy to see me?
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