Posts Tagged ‘Apple’

NOW, WE’D LIKE THEM TO MOVE BACK

April 29, 2010

“Apple has a long relationship with Adobe. In fact, we met Adobe’s founders when they were in their proverbial garage.”

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, on his frustrations with uppity software makers who don’t know their place, Apple.com, 29 April 2010

RENDER UNTO STEVE THE THINGS THAT ARE STEVE’S

April 19, 2010

“It has come to our attention that Gizmodo is currently in possession of a device that belongs to Apple. This letter constitutes a formal request that you return the device to Apple. Please let me know where to pick up the unit.”

Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell, finding himself in the unusual role of corporate lost-and-found department in order to retrieve an iPhone prototype from mischievous gadget bloggers, Gizmodo, 19 April 2010

FLASH IN THE PAN

April 9, 2010

“I am positive that there are a large number of Apple employees that strongly disagree with this latest move. Any real developer would not in good conscience be able to support this.”

Adobe evangelist and amateur psychic Lee Brimelow, ranting about Apple’s decision not to include Adobe’s cross-platform browser-crash-enabling technology in its mobile devices,

WE KNOW HALF OF THE MONEY SPENT ON ADVERTISING STARTUPS IS WASTED, WE JUST DON’T KNOW WHICH HALF

April 8, 2010

“If you need to use a task manager, you’re doing it wrong.”

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who didn’t quite admit that his company failed to buy AdMob, a mobile-advertising startup, because of an inability to multitask, CNET News, 8 April 2010

SHOULD WE MAKE A JOKE ABOUT A NICE CHIANTI, OR IS IT TOO SOON?

March 19, 2010

“There were not enough livers in California to go around. I was advised by my Stanford doctors to enroll on a list at a Memphis hospital, because it was more favorable to get a liver there.”

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, on his efforts to make it easier to get a transplant without a private jet and your own team of doctors on call, San Jose Mercury News, 19 March 2010