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Steve Jobs Admitted Android Envy

Posted April 07, 2014 1:26 PM

From Discovery News:

A newly uncovered e-mail that Jobs sent to Apple execs exposes some jealousy toward Googles Android

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Re: Steve Jobs Admitted Android Envy

04/07/2014 8:32 PM

No, he didn't. His comments were normal analysis of the competition and contained not a speck of emotion - certainly not 'envy' or the incorrectly used term 'jealousy'.

This is an example of the sensationalised-headline, 'bad science' mistake #1:

Twelve all-too-common 'Bad-Science' mistakes

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04/07/2014 11:14 PM

I didn't notice any jealousy in Job's alleged subject statement either, but this one, has me worried (convinced)...

"tie all of our products together, so we further lock customers into our ecosystem."

When you buy an Apple product all you are doing is buying a licence and a dongle to use their software complete with designed obsolescence.

Locked in is right. Like a prison.

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04/08/2014 9:07 AM

"tie all of our products together, so we further lock customers into our ecosystem."

IMO,

That statement would match Jobs way of thinking and that would be control.

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04/08/2014 9:27 AM

Apple is by far not the first nor the only company to do this. For example, Google killed push email in Exchange a while back - forcing you to use their email app, or pay a premium to get it back. Difference here is Google took a product away while Apple "ties all of our products together" to further lock customers into their ecosystem. Which one seems more dubious?
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04/08/2014 9:49 AM

Lots of ways they compete for survival of the fittest……… Explorer and Netscape is a prime example.

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04/08/2014 2:10 AM

The link does not open.

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04/08/2014 2:24 AM

It does. Just try again.

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04/08/2014 2:37 AM

I get a message:

Problem!

You are attempting to do (or view) something that is not permitted.

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04/08/2014 2:47 AM

It does not. Maybe some firewall at my place doing it. However, the error message comes on CR4.

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04/08/2014 4:13 AM

Yes I see the same now. i was looking at the wrong link before.

The message wording from CR4 is a bit dictatorial control state like.

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04/08/2014 5:11 AM

Maybe they are trying to block some IP adresses out of India due to continious spamming of the web site with useless information in there.

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04/08/2014 7:40 AM

Here's a link to the Discovery article that deserves to be called 'bad science':
http://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/steve-jobs-admitted-android-envy-140407.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1

Here's a link to the 'AppleInsider' article referenced in the Discovery article:
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/04/04/email-from-steve-jobs-reveals-rare-look-at-internal-apple-strategy-meeting

Here's a link to a copy of Steve Job's email:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/216410626/Jobs-Top-100-Email

Here's a link to the 'bad science' list originally posted by CR4 member 'passingtongreen':
http://www.compoundchem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Spotting-Bad-Science-v2.png

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04/08/2014 7:50 AM

Thanks for an interesting set of links.

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04/08/2014 8:05 AM

Overload dude!

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04/08/2014 9:09 AM

Refine it more and present it....... and then you can think about starting an actual news and media outlet.

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Re: Steve Jobs Admitted Android Envy

04/08/2014 10:04 AM

Sorry - I have too much integrity to be a media outlet.

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04/08/2014 10:12 AM

Wow, this group of people is getting crowded.......

Attorneys, Politicians and now Media.

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