Wired: Ex-Apple employee slams company

Murlyn · Murlyn #1 (**permalink**)

09-12-2003, 02:26 PM

Source: MacMinute.com

Wired: Ex-Apple employee slams company
September 12, 2003 - 12:43 EDT "On the eve of a big reunion of Apple employees, a former Apple marketing director is blasting his former co-workers for failing to make the company a success," reports Wired News. "In an open letter to the Apple Computer History Weblog, former marketing director [and current PalmSource executive] Michael Mace calls his ex-colleagues 'the Keystone Kops of computing.' He accuses them of 'group stupidity' and says the company was destroyed by a 'diseased and dysfunctional culture.' 'Apple Computer as a whole was a massive failure,' he writes in a post titled 'Who Killed Apple Computer?'"

My Comments: It's interesting.. I wonder if Apple is considered a success now.. or if Apple is still considered dead? I know my personal opinion.

Graphite · Graphite #2 (**permalink**)

09-12-2003, 02:34 PM

Yeah, well I consider them a success as well.

rman · rman #3 (**permalink**)

09-12-2003, 02:52 PM

I guess he has a case of sour grapes.

Padawan · Padawan #4 (**permalink**)

09-12-2003, 03:14 PM

The above "synopsis" has a much different spin to it than the actual article itself. When taken in context, most of the comments make a good deal of sense. An interesting read.

Murlyn · Murlyn #5 (**permalink**)

09-12-2003, 04:11 PM

It is pretty interesting.. and it does say that Jobs has done a great job with helping the Phoenix along.. so that's kewl.. obviously I didnt read the entire article *bad me!*

Murlyn #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 11, 2003 Location: Mount Vernon, WA Posts: 4,905 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM OS 10.5.2	09-12-2003, 02:26 PM Source: MacMinute.com Wired: Ex-Apple employee slams company September 12, 2003 - 12:43 EDT "On the eve of a big reunion of Apple employees, a former Apple marketing director is blasting his former co-workers for failing to make the company a success," reports Wired News. "In an open letter to the Apple Computer History Weblog, former marketing director [and current PalmSource executive] Michael Mace calls his ex-colleagues 'the Keystone Kops of computing.' He accuses them of 'group stupidity' and says the company was destroyed by a 'diseased and dysfunctional culture.' 'Apple Computer as a whole was a massive failure,' he writes in a post titled 'Who Killed Apple Computer?'" My Comments: It's interesting.. I wonder if Apple is considered a success now.. or if Apple is still considered dead? I know my personal opinion. ---> Join the Mac-Forums Folding team: use 37954 as your team number. View Mac-Forums Folding team statistics (More Info) Don't forget to use the User Reputation System
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Member Since: Jun 11, 2003 Location: Mount Vernon, WA Posts: 4,905 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM OS 10.5.2	09-12-2003, 04:11 PM It is pretty interesting.. and it does say that Jobs has done a great job with helping the Phoenix along.. so that's kewl.. obviously I didnt read the entire article bad me! ---> Join the Mac-Forums Folding team: use 37954 as your team number. View Mac-Forums Folding team statistics (More Info) Don't forget to use the User Reputation System
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Graphite #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 25, 2003 Location: Tropical Island, Jealous? Posts: 5,279 Mac Specs: MacPro 3.0Ghz 16GB RAM, 4x256 Vid, 30''cinema display	09-12-2003, 02:34 PM Yeah, well I consider them a success as well.
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