I actually am one of Apple's biggest critics when they DO screw up. Examples:
- OSX's initial crappy human interface - I HATED it.
- Ipod scratchability (a word?)
- Feet dragging in making Apple software 64 bit and completely OSX native
- Their nazi-like control of what is said on their bulletin board
I'm sure I've fired off at least a dozen "you guys so suck on this one" type letters to them in the past 5 years. But I don't consider product announcements screw-ups. I want to know the potential of these things and having been a Mac user for so long, I've seen the "wow" versus the "meh" products and yesterday had at least one cool thing to talk about and it was completely overshadowed by what they didn't announce.
Expect the "Big announcement" (if they've got one) in exactly one month - Apple's 30th anniversary.
-Kevin S.
...was the greatest company there was, putting out the products that "everybody wants", and really inspiring the IT world with its innovation.
So now, because people inflated yesterday's event into a blown-out unveiling of a cure for Cancer, many are let down and, according to the BOL crew, Apple has somehow blown it. T
hink about it. What has Apple really done wrong? Nothing really. They were excited about their new offerings and wanted to announce them. How have most people reacted? By throwing tomatos. Steve Job's is the master of hyping us up, but in reality, its our fault for getting too excited and having high expectations. Nobody tells us to get excited about Apple better than Steve Jobs. However, maybe its time we bring Apple down off of our altars of worship and think of them for what they are, a business. Just a thought.

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