Re:The Case Against Apple
by plinkplonk on Saturday August 08, 2009 @11:58PM
(#750304)
"I'm not trying to be belligerent, although it probably seems that way "
If you know you "seem belligerent" why don't you change your writing to tone it down? Unless you want to write "belligerently" but then disclaim it with "I'm not trying to be belligerent".? Perhaps someone who writes for public consumption,especially when talking to peers, should control the tone of his writing?
Your writing comes across as that of an immature teenager who can't control his thoughts or emotions.( I am not saying you are immature, just making a subjective comment on the tone of your writing). You make interesting points. Doing so without angsty aggression would help people follow along.
"Apple is a massive company with tons of brilliant people — do you really think they aren't considering every conceivable angle,"
"EVERY" conceivable angle? Let me quote you, "Who exactly are you to be speaking in absolutes "? ;-)
Besides, this is patent nonsense. Companies "full of brilliant people" makes strategic mistakes all the time. Microsoft, IBM , HP, Yahoo even Apple in the old days, before the comeback. Unless Apple is filled with omniscient gods, they are as prone to human fallibility as everyone else.
"a voluntary matter of principal"
you meant "principle"?
If you know you "seem belligerent" why don't you change your writing to tone it down? Unless you want to write "belligerently" but then disclaim it with "I'm not trying to be belligerent".? Perhaps someone who writes for public consumption,especially when talking to peers, should control the tone of his writing?
Your writing comes across as that of an immature teenager who can't control his thoughts or emotions.( I am not saying you are immature, just making a subjective comment on the tone of your writing). You make interesting points. Doing so without angsty aggression would help people follow along.
"Apple is a massive company with tons of brilliant people — do you really think they aren't considering every conceivable angle,"
"EVERY" conceivable angle? Let me quote you, "Who exactly are you to be speaking in absolutes "? ;-)
Besides, this is patent nonsense. Companies "full of brilliant people" makes strategic mistakes all the time. Microsoft, IBM , HP, Yahoo even Apple in the old days, before the comeback. Unless Apple is filled with omniscient gods, they are as prone to human fallibility as everyone else.
"a voluntary matter of principal" you meant "principle"?