Jeff

Thank you for your handle compliment. Contrary to what it implies, I actually like tech, just not the way it’s headed. A perfect example of this is Zuckerberg & his statement in the Facecrook IPO doc’s re: peoples increasing desire for “quality” products/services & his awareness of this. Anyone who is familiar with said companies Android app knows what I am talking about here, a quality product NOT. I suppose that he thinks this bugware is good enough for the ‘dumb fucks’ who use his “service” (yes this is actually what he has called the people who “use” Facecrook).

But I digress. Once again I agree with you (albiet this time only mostly), it IS all about the selling. Just look at MS v IBM (Windows v O/S2), we all know who won that battle don’t we?

I said ‘mostly’ above based on these following three points:

1) ALL (not just “enterprise” grade) software is *sold* to somebody at some level, even “open source freeware” such as Cramdroid.

2) Prior to the ascent & (until recently) domination of the MS marketeers, for the most part code was clean & 1st gen releases worked straight out of the box with no glaring holes (ala Win 95/98/ME etc etc). The software environment has sadly continued downhill ever since then and this descent is getting faster & deeper as time progresses. Just look at all the smartphone app (& for that matter OSes also) “updates” that we are constantly bombarded with, on an almost daily basis.

Crapple is no exception here, they just do a better job of hiding/denying/obfuscating it (a benefit perhaps of their controlling the whole environment). Because their product margins are so astronomically high, when you have an issue with the unit’s miOS software, the Crapple store rep can afford to say ‘Sorry your miPhone is playing up sir/madam. ‘Here, we will give you a “new”(ly refurbished) one instead, no questions asked’. ‘Oh joy is me, thank you Crapple’ you say, as 10,000 miles away another Foxconn/Hon hai drone develops a serious medical condition as a result of working on the miPhone production line.

You don’t even stop to think and ask, ‘Hang on, this handset looks exactly the same as my last one, why will it work properly when my last one didn’t?’. Therein lies the game my friend, there is a possibility it will or it won’t, think of it as something akin to playing russian roulette but only in reverse. The “best” miPhone ever released is the 3GS because it is really a miPhone type1 v2, therefore making it the 3rd of it’s type (or miPhone v1.2). That moniker however just wouldn’t fly in todays marketing/wants based society so hey presto, it’s hello to the 3GS. Hang on a second, where is the miPhone 2? Oh yeah thats right it was the 3 (that sure makes sense).

****I’M TRULY SORRY Y’ALL***** I am stopping my Crapple train here, before I risk this post degenerating into a full blown mega rant. Frankly I could go on and on with regards to Crapple & their marketing “genius”, never mind the ever increasing issues I have with the mob at Scroogle.

To re-iterate, I actually do like tech. It has the yet (as I see it) untapped ability to truly make a substantial lasting positive impact on EVERYONES lives, especially the less blessed mass majority in the 3rd World, but we in the West are screwing it up in the relentless pursuit of ever INCREASING profits. I do believe in the pursuit of profit, just not at the expense of someone else less blessed than myself. This brings me to point number-

3) To be blunt George, expressions like “just in time” or, as in your post “on demand”, are actually extremely insulting to me, seriously. It’s ok though, I forgive you :-) . Do me a favour please & have a serious think about this. What lasting good have any of these business concepts/practices really achieved today? The real answer (yes versus no or up versus down,) is ZERO! Average Jo (non gender specific) Blows are more stressed out, time/resources poor than ever before & the planet is having just a “bit” of trouble keeping us going. Life gets faster & faster with everybody getting dizzier & dizzier. Real quality & value is getting harder than ever to find. More often than not we are so dazzled & entranced by the global corporate marketing machine that we actually have trouble telling the difference between quailty & junk; until of course it is too late & it bites us in the ass, with disastrous & often fatal results. One factory stops production (Tsunami related) & the whole global supply chain grounds to a halt. If we do not drastically alter our current path, sooner rather than later it’s going to be too late. We are a clever species; maybe that’s the issue, we are too clever for our own good.

Anyway take care George & I wish you all the best. Maybe, if there is enough time left, we will meet properly (in person) some day (I would like that & I hope you feel the same too).

Sincerely,

Techd Off

PS Is your head hurting yet (I know mine is)? If so I apologise, it wasn’t intential (if you could see inside my head you would know that I am telling the truth).