How I Almost Got Acquired By Apple And Then Snubbed

Re:How I Almost Got Acquired By Apple And Then Snubbed by dcx on Friday June 18, 2010 @12:37AM (#1441354)

That's so true! In fact I can sort of see the corporate pattern:

1. Steve -> Engineer: Whats with the delay?

At this point, almost nothing the engineer could say shows him in a good light - "sick" doesn't cut it at the power difference here. You only talk to the CEO once in a decade, and his experience of you is "doesn't deliver"?

2. Engineer -> Steve: I evaluated it. It sucks. I haven't written back yet as it's not a high priority.

3. Email from Steve -> Unfortunate dude: No interest.

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Re:How I Almost Got Acquired By Apple And Then Snubbed by danudey on Friday June 18, 2010 @01:28PM (#1442977)

Alternately:

1. Steve -> Manager: This guy e-mailed me again, does this need to be dealt with?

2. Manager -> Steve: It's a good algorithm, but the guy's been demanding and impatient, and with everyone prepping iOS/iPhone 4 for WWDC, Engineer just hasn't had time to look into it.

3. Steve -> Dude: No interest.

Specifically, I highly doubt that Steve Jobs would speak directly with an engineer about a potential acquisition of a potentially useful algorithm. I doubt it was ever really on his radar at all after the first 30 seconds where he read it and forwarded it off. That's the entire reason managers exist.

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