Re: [NTLK] Jobs: "Computers have keyboards" - iPod: "Nyaa nyaa"

From: Brian Pearce (bpearce_at_cloud9.net)
Date: Fri Apr 16 2004 - 09:37:56 PDT


> Well Steve, guess what, there's no keyboard on an iPod. And it's even
> less a computer than the Newton was. Now I realize the nuking of the
> Newton was more about a personal grudge than philosophy, but I wish
> someone would ask him about that quote sometime - and why he's allowed
> the company to be so undermined by the ridiculously successful iPod -

Putting aside yet another reference to that tired ol' myth; what makes
you think that the iPod is *undermining* Apple? It contributes to the
overall financial health of the company, it opens up the Apple brand to
people who may have never even considered using a Mac; what's so bad
about this?

BRIAN/bpearce_at_cloud9.net

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