From: watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk   
      
   On 14 Sep 2023 at 19:09:49 BST, "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.   
   > And the products show it; they're no longer driven by Steve Jobs' almost   
   > manic charisma. God bless him, wherever he is.   
   > Updates are badly tested, frequent bug-fixes issued, competitors have   
   > overtaken them, Apple Corp is full of bums-on-chairs.   
   >   
   > When Steve Jobs was CEO you bought into sitting in a restaurant with   
   > him, discussing Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,   
   > or Zen Buddhism and the difference between intuition and intellect. But   
   > not now. You buy a gadget now.   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > Ed   
      
   Did you ever read "Animal Farm" by George Orwell?   
      
   Let's see what happens to Arc!   
      
   John.   
   --   
   You're not an old dog until you can't learn new tricks.   
      
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