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Re: Death by Prank, Why Disney Is Safest Online, How Apple Plans to Kill CES, Product of the Week
Posted by: Rob Enderle 2007-12-25 11:34:55
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It's Christmas Eve, and you're probably thinking more about what you are going to open tomorrow than anything else, so I was tempted to keep this light. However, I was pulled onto a TV news program to talk about what may be the most dangerous prank of the year and I want to make sure you and your families are protected from it. In addition, last week I spent some time going over Disney's current and future Web properties and have concluded that Disney is likely the most serious about the safety of your children of any of the properties targeting kids.
Enderle - How Apple Plans to Kill CES
Posted by: stamp_3 2007-12-26 11:23:30 In reply to: Rob Enderle
I don't normally sign up to web sites. but I did register with Technewsworld purely so I could comment on Rob Enderle's piece about "How Apple Plans to Kill CES" I happened to be casually reading this item when I noticed the phrase "I think Apple will have a problem given how many folks want to stomp it out next year".
I should declare my interest to the extent that I am an Apple Mac user and have been since 1989, and I am not unaware of the "badinage" between PC and Mac users, but in truth I don't really take that much notice of what goes on in this rivalry.
My point is, (and my disquiet at the tone of the article) is why would anyone want to "stomp on" Apple? What does that mean? Do people want to destroy Apple? Do other companies want to throw thousands of people out of work? Do rivals want to cripple the Company so it ceases to function properly? Does Ford want to "stomp on" Nissan? Does Rob Enderle want to "stomp on" other Tech columnists who might beat him to a story?
Apple has certainly had some success over the last few years, but I don't really see any other Companies hurting as a result (perhaps one or two on-line music providers - hardly the core of America's industrial future).
Rtaher than "wanting to stomp on", I would have thought the US tech sector in particular and US industry in general would want to celebrate and proclaim Apple's success.
Never mind that it is likely that we will probably all be feeling a severe recession next year, it's a very competitive world out there and the industrial, political and cultural landscape is experiencing a tectonic shift, where America is by no means certain to emerge a winner.
US industry should raise their eyes above the parapet and support success rather than try to destroy each other for some short term and ephemeral gain.
And commentators like Rob Enderle should be leading the cry against such nasty and self defeating strategies, not observing (or I suspect cheerleading) that Apple may "have a problem next year".
I should declare my interest to the extent that I am an Apple Mac user and have been since 1989, and I am not unaware of the "badinage" between PC and Mac users, but in truth I don't really take that much notice of what goes on in this rivalry.
My point is, (and my disquiet at the tone of the article) is why would anyone want to "stomp on" Apple? What does that mean? Do people want to destroy Apple? Do other companies want to throw thousands of people out of work? Do rivals want to cripple the Company so it ceases to function properly? Does Ford want to "stomp on" Nissan? Does Rob Enderle want to "stomp on" other Tech columnists who might beat him to a story?
Apple has certainly had some success over the last few years, but I don't really see any other Companies hurting as a result (perhaps one or two on-line music providers - hardly the core of America's industrial future).
Rtaher than "wanting to stomp on", I would have thought the US tech sector in particular and US industry in general would want to celebrate and proclaim Apple's success.
Never mind that it is likely that we will probably all be feeling a severe recession next year, it's a very competitive world out there and the industrial, political and cultural landscape is experiencing a tectonic shift, where America is by no means certain to emerge a winner.
US industry should raise their eyes above the parapet and support success rather than try to destroy each other for some short term and ephemeral gain.
And commentators like Rob Enderle should be leading the cry against such nasty and self defeating strategies, not observing (or I suspect cheerleading) that Apple may "have a problem next year".
