Comments on: Steve Jobs won't give Macworld keynote

By: cynik, switzerland

cynik, switzerland — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:33:48 +0000

I can't believe the way OUR PHIL has been treated regarding this hot story.

He broke the news to CNN, but then some other guy wrote the leading story. What is up with that?

Is THE OTHER GUY going to rip out OUR PHILs' gold teeth next?

I am a picture of outrage, I am telling you. I may have to pop out and get an assisted suicide to deal with it.

By: amolpatil2k

amolpatil2k — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:15:06 +0000

I feel the Net is to blame. The Net has made collaboration possible and easy. In such an environment, closed systems get both hacked and hosed. We all carry phones so iphone made more sense than ipod but the future is open. Nokia opened up symbian. Apple and MS are not likely to do so.

By: topviet

topviet — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:56:47 +0000

Apple may have tough competition with Google and Microsoft.

By: podkat

podkat — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:56:37 +0000

The end of iPod/iPhoneWorld shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Even the most loyal Apple devotees have commented on its decline over the past few years.

While face-to-face flesh pressing will always be the best form of engagement, trade shows are a dinosaur in the digital age. I wouldn't say they are dead, but like print media, the value proposition has eroded. Can assisted living be far off?

By: Asher Pat, London

Asher Pat, London — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:46:28 +0000

@Jonathan, pls note that Apple CultBoys, when their precious is touched or its domination is threatened in any way, can turn really nasty.

By: Desiree, Paris

Desiree, Paris — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:17:27 +0000

Hey Paul from St. Louis

Shows that you don't know anything about Switzerland. Yes, we have assisted suicides, but we have better things that attracted people all around the world such as mountains!

By: Anne Madison, WI

Anne Madison, WI — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:08:37 +0000

Who in their right mind would offer to give a keynote address to millions of beady eyes staring at one's body in an incredibly rude effort to detect some nuance of change that might allow yet more incredibly rude gossip. What rock did those who try to wager on Mr. Jobs life-span crawl out from under?

By: Jonathan, Lausanne, Switzerland

Jonathan, Lausanne, Switzerland — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:36:41 +0000

Although the current recession doesn't really make attending MacWorld a good investment, I think the main reason for Steve not showing up is that he doesn't have anything outstanding to present to attendees. I find the rumored new Mac Mini very appealing, but this is no iPhone or MacBook Air…

@Paul: Your comment about suicide tourism in Switzerland is outrageous and pathetic.

By: Asher Pat, London

Asher Pat, London — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:44:22 +0000

Hear-ye al you believers.

Seriously, this is the downside of reling on a "cult support" more than a commercial company style promotion. Cults must have mystic and secret "mechanisms" of power and Apple is not different. Just like in the days of the Soviet Union's "Kremlinologist" who tried to out-guess what was goin on in the darkened corridors of the Kremlin, there are now "Cupertinologists" and "Jobsologists" that try to enlighten the world hungry for information about everybody's favourite predatory underdog.

Whatever his holiness' stae of health (and I trully hope that he is OK), the strategy of Apple's PR (No Comment secrecy) is that of the Kremlin, superior and smug snobs that know what's best for you ("He's like a god that knows what we want" Simpsons episode) works grat on the way up, but it hits them (and their followers' self esteem) on the way down.

Now is the way down (even if Apple will fare bettehr than other, "mortal" competitors) and each and every "No Comment" will cause an explosion of rumours.

I bet that Apple's PR dept (who probably dont know much what's going on either) had hours of words shuffling when drafting the release.

Namaste.

By: Columbus City

Columbus City — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:19:03 +0000

People need to get away from personalities and go to brands. Msoft is living with Monkey Boy without Billy G. Apple will live on but as long as they are revolutionary. Other than that what else can I say

AppleWillLive

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