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   candycanearter07 to Ed Cryer   
   Re: Apple's charisma   
   14 Sep 23 14:39:25   
   
   From: no@thanks.net   
      
   On 9/14/23 13:09, Ed Cryer wrote:   
   > It's lost it. It's become just a corporate giant, as IBM was when Apple   
   > launched their "let's be different" campaign way back.   
      
   So you're saying they became what they swore to destroy?   
      
   > I want that old mixture back; scientific progress and culture. But I   
   > doubt it'll come readily. Such driven personalities with sufficient   
   > balls to bring it about, are few and far between.   
   > Do we want them to keep on coming? Yes, we do. They push the world   
   > forward; give us the notion of progress.   
      
   Don't they usually get suppressed by big companies for the bottom line?   
      
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