“We’re all aware of the obsession that Samsung has with copying Apple. They were in fact found guilty of patent infringement last August and again by the ITC last week. Today we learn that the obsession about all things Apple permeates the Korean psyche to the point that the Korean Government has initiated the ‘Korean Steve Jobs’ project; a project that is designed to foster creativity and passion into young students studying software development,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple.
“According to the Korean press, “The Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning announced on August 12 that it would offer various programs for early software (SW) education. There are many activities for promoting SW education for children and youths around the world, but things are less than satisfactory in Korea. The ministry’s move is to overcome this situation,” Purcher reports. “Yoon Jong-rok, vice minister of Science, ICT & Future Planning stated that ‘To help students make the best use of software, the language of the 21st century, we will implement various education policies. If we make efforts to turn children crazy about games into game developers, we will be able to produce creative and talented people armed with SW like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.'”
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MacDailyNews Take: The South Koreans simply need to look at the owners of their country, Samsung. Or the craptastic Lucky-Goldstar – sorry, “LG.” They both copy and steal from Apple in order to line their own pockets. South Korea has already generated the “Korean Bill Gates” twice, at least.
It’s not too difficult to take the work of others, cheap it down, and dupe the dopes of the world with it.
Good luck coming up with another Steve Jobs.
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There will never ever be another Steve. We miss him terribly and thank god they can’t clone him.
There’s already a another Steve Jobs. His name is Elon Musk. May even prove to be better than Steve Jobs at changing the world.
Let’s wait and see on that one.
yes, let’s. Considerably.
Actually not. Comparing Musk to Jobs is like comparing a publisher to Gutenberg. It’s a lot different and harder to see the future as opposed to using the results of another’s vision.
When did LG fall in to the mix?
A Steve Jobs wanna-be spawned by a government program… hmmm, does not sound promising.
“will be able to produce creative and talented people armed with SW like Bill Gates…”
Excuse me? Since when was Bill Gates EVER creative? The man just stole or bought creativity (that’s not BEING creative). They’re doomed if they really think he was creative (or, for that matter, very talented).
…or the least bit any more visionary than any of us.
Well, if their delusions gets them on the wrong track, all the better.
They’d have better luck with a Korean Bill Gates project.
Unfortunately all they’ll get is a Korean Michael Dell. D’OH!
At least they’re trying to emulate Steve Jobs, which is a good thing, unlike Apple which has repealed all that is good about Steve in iOS 6 and is about to introduce the truly shiteous iOS 7.
Wow, it’s that bad huh? Lol!
Yes it’s always a smart move to comment on technology before it’s actually released in final form.
That’s stupid! They just want to create a puppet for them to cheat more buyer.
sigh. If you really really think that you can just create a Steve Jobs if you proclaim that you are hellbent on doing it, you have already lost. This initiative sounds like a Korean Ender’s Game. Better to get some malcontent Korean teens on the fringes of society who test high on nonconformist indices, encourage their usage of hallucinogens, and let them trek in India for a while.
Valid comment. To be sure, that’s the way any smart corporation should try to find or create its future leaders. Our education system is being homogenized to crush such different-thinkers.
The Korean mindset and DNA is incapable of western reasoning, rationale and logic. They will never think or address innovation and ingenuity like we do, nor will they ever put the end user above their zealous greed.
A “me too” culture is incapable of understanding problem solving.
Ignorant generalization bordering on racism.
Not really. Almost everything they said is basically true EXCLUDING the comment about DNA. Unless the culture, society and education system changes in Korea they will not address innovation and ingenuity like we do. A Korean born, raised and educated will turn to out, think and act totally differently than a Korean born, raised and educated in the US or UK or Canada etc. Koreans in America and Canada excel, innovate and succeed much more than those in Korea.
Ah! Governments… they believe that is possible to simulate free iniciative. Russian’s president (it doesn’t matter which, it’s all the same) went to visit Sillicon Valley in order to do the same in your country. Nothing happened. They don’t realize that’s free enterprise of free people, without crippling tax burden and even government stimulus that generates all these innovations. And someone like Jobs. America, be aware. Do not fall the same trap.
Maybe they will clone Balmer?
Qualities of SJ:
Changing the world for the better is the driving force.
Making lots of money is good but not important. This fact is more important to making a great company than you might think.
Simplicity matters,is hard but essential.
Quality matters.
Products must have a human/art element that makes our hearts sing.
He also,respected and learned from great achievements by other people
All these things even I know. But that does not make me a SJ. There are qualities that you cannot teach. He was a visionary…you cannot teach that.
Oh and every now and then you need to drop some acid.
Yes, and on top of it all, he was an artist himself, not a coder. Early childhood software development is not the path to a Korean SJ. They would do better putting their top artists and philosophers in charge of the companies. Korea has a long cultural history that contains the best of SJ already. It’s just not embodied in a bunch of techno-MBAs.
They need to find the guy in their culture who could deliver SJs Stanford commencement address from 2005.
You can’t teach creativity. It’s either there or it’s not.
So, um, the Korean establishment thinks it is going to try and create the quintessentially anti-establishment thinker. How much acid are they taking? How much will they ration to each prospective “kSteve” candidate?
Having lived in Korea for several years. Koreans have been enamored with big time CEOs like Gates (many think he is still CEO) and Steve Jobs. Koreans constantly say they want to be like Steve Jobs. Genius, creative, innovator, CEO etc.
The thing is Korean, culture, society and education system all prevent such a thing from happening. Korea always does these kinds of government initiatives like trying to reduce bulling, reduce suicide, increase adoption but all of these initiatives and programs sound good on paper but do nothing and go no where.
This “Korean Steve Jobs” thing will be the same it might sound and look good on paper but thats it. Nothing is really going to change. There is a reason very few real inventions or innovations have come out of Korea since South Korea came into existence 68 years ago. Korean, culture, society and education system all prevent it.
LG is ok. Goosung has a band for ever.
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