I'm not entirely sure I can think of a legitimate argument against him, but Jobs tends to have that effect, doesn't he?
We can fuss and argue all we like, but his basic premise of "being selective about features is good for business" is pretty much impossible to argue with in light of Apple's financials.
There's a lot about New Apple that makes my skin crawl, but ditching Flash seems to make perfect sense. Ditching the floppy disk drive in 1998 seemed pretty outré, but it didn't take long for the USB flash drive to make it seem like a farsighted move. That's the thing about being ahead of your time - it only ever seems clever in hindsight.
Yeah. I've been building up a lot of frustration towards apple by trying to hack my iPad or iPhone and running into these walls.
But reading this interview chilled me way out. Steve is so calm and well spoken and deeply rooted in good business and capitalism for such a radical visionary, you can't really argue against him.
We can fuss and argue all we like, but his basic premise of "being selective about features is good for business" is pretty much impossible to argue with in light of Apple's financials.
There's a lot about New Apple that makes my skin crawl, but ditching Flash seems to make perfect sense. Ditching the floppy disk drive in 1998 seemed pretty outré, but it didn't take long for the USB flash drive to make it seem like a farsighted move. That's the thing about being ahead of your time - it only ever seems clever in hindsight.