A FEW days ago we remarked on the character of Apple's CEO because the vanity seems to be partly rooted in this company's idol. A Canadian reader of ours, FurnaceBoy who is typically a proponent of some Apple/Mac products, did not appreciate Jobs' remarks and he referenced this new article from Canada.
The second-last thing Chelsea Kate Isaacs was expecting was a personal email from Steve Jobs.
The very last thing was the iSnub.
Isaacs, a 22-year-old Long Island University journalism student, had emailed the Apple Inc. founder when she couldn’t get a comment from Apple’s media-relations office to complete her school assignment.
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“Nope,” wrote Jobs. “We have over 300 million users and we can’t respond to their requests unless they involve some kind of problem. Sorry.”
I am a customer, Isaacs hammered out on her BlackBerry. I do have a problem. And then came the iSnub: “Please leave us alone.”
Join us now at the IRC channel.
| FurnaceBoy | schestowitz: Steve Jobs is a dick. http://www.thestar.com/business/companies/apple/article/864844--the-student-who-won-t-accept-leave-us-alone-from-steve-jobs | Sep 22 23:51 |
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| TechrightsBot-sc | Title: The student who won’t accept ‘leave us alone’ from Steve Jobs - thestar.com .::. Size~: 85.33 KB | Sep 22 23:51 |
| schestowitz | I know. I blogged and €µ-blogged it | Sep 22 23:52 |
| FurnaceBoy | ah. | Sep 22 23:53 |
| schestowitz | Jobs is right in a way | Sep 22 23:55 |
| schestowitz | Given the full correspondenced | Sep 22 23:55 |
| schestowitz | She kept mailing | Sep 22 23:55 |
| schestowitz | He should learn to ignore | Sep 22 23:55 |
| schestowitz | And dump E-mail if that helps | Sep 22 23:55 |
| FurnaceBoy | she's a real person with real concerns | Sep 23 00:05 |
| FurnaceBoy | the interaction is very revealing | Sep 23 00:05 |
| FurnaceBoy | “Nope,” wrote Jobs. “We have over 300 million users and we can’t respond to their requests unless they involve some kind of problem. Sorry.” | Sep 23 00:06 |
| FurnaceBoy | that's bullshit arrogance | Sep 23 00:06 |
| schestowitz | that's jobs | Sep 23 00:26 |
| schestowitz | you used to defend Macs/Apple | Sep 23 00:27 |
| schestowitz | I'd take RMS over Jobs | Sep 23 00:27 |
| FurnaceBoy | i still defend them from silliness, but i've never really liked jobs | Sep 23 00:34 |
| FurnaceBoy | but, i don't entirely blame him, i thikn the problem stems from apple being a public co | Sep 23 00:34 |
| schestowitz | He has good PR | Sep 23 00:34 |
| schestowitz | Jeans and all | Sep 23 00:34 |
| FurnaceBoy | sort of. | Sep 23 00:34 |
| FurnaceBoy | he's old now | Sep 23 00:34 |
| FurnaceBoy | he used to go barefoot, like stallman | Sep 23 00:34 |
| FurnaceBoy | he's a curious product of the 20th C | Sep 23 00:35 |
