“Apple [AAPL]’s Steve Jobs had the capacity to steer innovation to where the puck was going, rock star charisma and Broadway-standard showmanship, but he’s gone,” Jonny Evans writes for Computerworld. “Anger at his passing became anger at the company, but Apple’s about to change its story — and its identity.”
“It’s a grief thing, all about those seven stages: these begin with shock and denial and them move into guilt, anger, depression and loneliness. These are difficult emotions,” Evans writes. “This process continues for an indeterminate time until those positive efforts eventually move a person into feelings of acceptance and hope. These are the seven stages most of us must endure when we lose a loved one — and a lot of people loved Steve Jobs. Even his enemies felt something for the man. He was extraordinary.”
Evans writes, “The thing is, it’s not just about the company. The subtext to the debate is also about the loss of Steve Jobs. It has taken a while for the investment community to make it through some of those seven stages, but now they look to the company to redefine its value after his passing — even if they do so subconsciously.”
Read more in the full article here.
For me, it’s not that I have anger over the loss of Steve Jobs. Instead, I have anger over the fact that Ashton Kutcher thinks he can actually portray him, and perhaps even worse, casting Josh Gad as Steve Wozniak.
THAT is enough to put anyone through seven stages of grief.
From a switcher’s perspective, let me give the reasons why I switched. I was using Windows on my desktop/laptop PC and was using an HP ‘dumbphone’ running Windows Mobile 6. Prior to that I tried out Palm OS via the Treo, Palm Pilot and iterations in between.
There are three main reasons why I switched.
– Advertisements for the iPhone showing how innovative it was – billboard, TV and Internet (through YouTube videos although these are classified as educational rather than direct advertisements).
– Friends using iPhones that I could borrow for a few moments to test drive.
– Steve Jobs.
Steve made it the tipping point because I knew that if I switched I would be entertained by a stream of innovative products because that’s just the nature of Steve Jobs – you knew he would be able to pull the rabbit out of the hat and surprise you with the latest technological marvel.
Since Steve’s passing, I think Apple has stagnated somewhat – there’s still no way of manipulating files on iOS devices. If I want to compose a complex e-mail with multiple file attachments, I still have to do that on my Mac. So that puts paid to the idea of the iPad as a productivity tool. I still love the iPad though, but I feel that Apple should unshackle it by giving it greater capabilities.
A single range iPhone is another limitation that Apple should look into quite seriously. I know of a grandmother – not mine, a friend’s, who bought an Android phone of all things because the screen was big enough for her to read on. On another day, going for the iPhone would have been a no brainer but Android has caught up to the ‘just good enough’ category for everyone and that I think is what will eventually push the iPhone to niche status, something which I would be loathe to see happen.
And lastly WTF is iOS 7?
Apple appears to become a profitable company in the future even without Steve Jobs. He must have left some legacy within the company. Even if he didn’t he’s not coming back, so I can only look towards the future. Apple can still remain a company that offers high-quality products and serves customers well. If Apple was 100% with Steve Jobs, couldn’t it at least be 80% without Steve Jobs?
Apple has the money to increase R&D and with that Apple should still be able to innovate with Jony Ive designing products for Apple. He’s no slouch. Apple will have to take risks in the future and there may be some flops but that’s all Apple can do. I’m not dumping my stock because Steve Jobs died. So far, Apple makes good products whether they’re cutting edge or not.
Exactly! Tim Cook is as dry and boring as they come! Replace a genius, charismatic idiom art with a number cruncher bent on forwarding the gay agenda to the disgust of half of the customer base is a recipe for failure! Losing Forstall was another miscue on par with the Vikings losing Randy Moss, twice! There is no one oozing genius anymore. Ives is about the best we have. Phil Schiller? Likable but no way! Apple will be okay, but not with incremental updates like the rumored 5S which will sell on meager improvements, but with game changers like a wrist communicator or Apple TV that allows one to choose wholesome content free of the gay agenda and other repugnant Hollywood campaigns. Choice!
idiom art = visionary
Friggin auto-correct!
IMaki’s irrational hatred of gay people = repulsive
Oh dear, did somebody disparage gays?
How ‘irrational’.
iMaki: You’re not alone. Keep on keeping on.
Morgan: Repulsive is judging others that don’t agree with your politics.
Friggin’ fuckwit.
The gay point made here today, has been avoided by and large because of hypersensitivity to being labeled with derogatory names and put into handy little groups other “out if touch others.”
What could be the point of “labeling” a commentator because he simply reported the announced agenda of the “Hollywood” (as he called them) gay promoting movement?
A comment can indeed be repulsive to someone else, that is easily recognized as a conflict with ones personal thoughts or maybe convictions.
But an individual’s comment is vastly unequal to the scope and impact of the incessant onslaught of the organized “new” gay promoting populace in the United States recently.
From the bully pulpit occupied today by a supporter, to the activist “so called” judge in California, we are seeing more acceptance of deviance than ever before in our or world history.
Deviance in the ruling class was without doubt sadly common in many places throughout history.
But when a large scale upheaval of the general populace takes place there are expected ripple effects that are larger unpredictable.
Free sex 1960’s it is sometimes referred to as, which led to unprecedented teen and unwed pregnancies, single parent homes, abortion explosion, related and yes provable statistical connects with incarceration rates, and the now prevalent increased acceptance of more and more traditionally socially unacceptable “behaviors.”
An example of “old fashioned thinking” for you:
Have you ever seen a male cat try to hold down and “mount” a smaller male cat?
If you were to see that, would you think it wrong because it appeared to be forceable or just because it was aberrant?
Many agree that Apple is doing very well considering the major changes that will em evidently need to be made going into this new era.
And there are many places for the many capable faces who have built the Apple empire.
iMaki might simply be bringing out the obvious point that few if us would want that cat on our laps or over to our house to play with our male cat.
And few of us would put that cat forth as the symbol, the “face” that represents our family.
“That cat” may catch more mice and fir they we ate thankful.
But since Apple has worn out all of the practival “cat names” … let’s find a California Surfer Dude with charisma and charm to stand out front and sell them Apples to the world!
Maybe a passionate young “Captain Kirk” type 😉
As for repulsive =
I’d suggest the second commentator’s user name is a good example of that. Any reference to a sexual or body fluid excreting part is bad enough, but he goes and adds the failed Zune / Surface / etc guys name, which should never be spoken or typed in public! YUCK !!!!!!