Robert Paul Leitao on Saturday Apple video: Waiting in the wings (1996) - 'David: IIRC, Eventual 1984 Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale used the “Where’s the Beef?” line effectively during the primary season in reference to confusion about what exactly Gary Hart, another contender, actually stood for on issues of the day. It was my understanding when his campaign team came up with the idea of referencing the humorous and popular “Where’s the Beef?” commercials from Wendy’s, it had to explain to him what the commercials were and then had to encourage him to use the line in reference to Mr. Hart’s sometimes seemingly vague positions. The commercials featured Clara Peller. She passed away in 1987.'
on Has Apple forgotten its most important lesson? - '”Has Apple forgotten its most important lesson?“ What does this headline have to do with the story that followed it?'
on Has Apple forgotten its most important lesson? - 'Well, Apple did make a PDA: the Newton. And then cancelled it when it flopped. John Sculley was even the first person on record to use the term “personal digital assistant”, in the early days of the development of what would become the Newton. Here’s the pretty interesting but not so pretty story about the Newton’s development, and all of the dead-ends, road blocks, direction changes, decisions, and competing interests and egos at play in the development and release of a new product, at least under Sculley’s watch. https://lowendmac.com/2013/the-story-behind-apples-newton/'
on Apple dragged into Lux Optics co-founders fight - 'Employee expenses have -no relationship- to Apple, so I wouldn’t expect them to be an issue. The IP issues are significant, and if this goes to trial, could go badly for Apple (that’s because you -never know- how a jury will vote.) I’d expect Apple to settle with a licensing deal lump-sum payment, without admitting liability. But to me the more interesting question is whether de With continues as an Apple employee. Apple doesn’t like executives who drag them into the mud. It’ll be up to de With to convince Tim, et.al. that he did nothing wrong, independent of any settlement Apple makes with Lux.'
on Mac virgins - ' a cheaper alternative will appreciate the build quality Build Quality is exactly . You don’t even have to say High Quality because that is the true & only meaning of the singular word Quality for . Cheap to others is Value for the Money. Same, one doesn’t even have to preface High for the word Value when talking .'
on Has Apple forgotten its most important lesson? - 'They are also how many fold bigger? With how many more customers?'
on Apple dragged into Lux Optics co-founders fight - 'I certainly don’t know the inside details of this affair, but I am 99.99% confident that it will not affect Apple, except potentially to repay the $150k of “improper expenses” to Lux for de With. That’s piss in a bucket. The IP issues, however, could be more legitimate: I am sure de With is not authorized to take code *verbatim* from Lux on his way out the door, but provenence, ownership, etc., these are complicated issues between Lux, Sandofsky, and de With. *That* might be worth some popcorn to watch. (But I won’t, because IANAL, and it won’t be intelligible without painful research of law.)'
on Apple's Mac and iPad saw record sales in India last year - 'Gregg, open one of your existing Excel files in Numbers and then double click on a formula cell to see the formatting.'
on Mac virgins - 'Went to the Apple Store this week to look at the Neo, and I wasn’t disappointed. Anybody looking for a cheaper alternative will appreciate the build quality.'
on Mac virgins - 'Screaming my meme, “new to”. This crushes PCs in the price range. And, it DOES NOT cannibalize MacBooks. All run Agentic Edge AI. Just getting started.'
