He didn't convince me of anything. He made a nice, reliable product and I bought them. The idea that buying a product constitutes brainwashing is laughable. I've owned a lot of Fords and several Hondas for the same reason - they provide something I need - in this case, transportation, and they are reliable. Does that mean I've been brainwashed by Ford and Honda. Not likely. I used HP products for years - in fact, for the last decade I bought nothing else in the PC product line. Every single one I bought has I failed. I won't be buying any more. Does that mean I was brainwashed by HP and now I've become un-brainwashed?
I've never seen Jobs quoted as saying "you're holding it wrong" regarding the iPhone, but if he did, he was likely joking. On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > As for his arrogance, I can sum up how I got that in one sentence: > "You're holding it wrong" - which was Jobs' reply to people who > complained about dropped calls and antenna problems with the iPhone 4. > > My MacBook Pro has been very reliable. However, it has not been more > reliable than any other computer I have owned. As a matter of fact, it > has been less so. Two years ago the video card on my MBP needed to be > replaced - it was only about a year old at that point. I owned > several Dells before that and never had any problems with them - > matter of fact one of them still functions as my 'media server' > running Linux. > > Maybe snake oil salesman is not the best analogy. Cult leader might be > more fitting. Brain washer, maybe. He convinced millions of people > they _needed_ his over priced gadgets - myself included. > > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I would disagree. Snake oil salesmen sell products that don't work. One > of > > the main reasons I buy Apple products is that they are reliable. They do > > what they are designed to and do it well. If other computer > manufacturers > > want to emulate Jobs, that quality is what they should strive for. > > > > I'm saying this after a month of dealing with the failure of every > computer > > in my office EXCEPT the Macs. > > > > I also liked Jobs as a person. I found him generous, soft-spoken, > extremely > > intelligent and always willing to listen. Not arrogant at all, so I > don't > > know where you get your opinion of him. > > > > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> Jobs did not bring technology to the average person. He convinced the > >> average person they should buy his over priced gadgets. He was more of > >> a snake oil salesman than anything else. > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:343353 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
