Apple:

To be fair there have been several deaths of Apple so far.

>when jobs decided the mac should kill the apple ][ lineup
>when jobs was fired and pepsi man went full retard on the number of different computers they sold
>also when jobs came back and killed off the Newton platform and Alan Kay's Squeak research
>when Jobs handed off the day to day to Cook
>when Jobs died and stopped being able to QC the products autistically

I still think a better successor would have been Jony, even though he should be squeezed by the neck for his skeumorphism fixation, he seemed to care about quality. Cook doesn't even seem like the type who uses computers, that's for underlings. When will we see Cook have a sit-down and give us a quick demo on how to build some kind of basic applications with Swift? We really missed out after Smalltalk died, Windows and all other OS's are still aping it after 48 fucking years (it debuted the same year that Unix did). User programmer is still the most powerful type of user and we've gone backwards ever since the 80s on this. Remember when pretty much every computer user was able to bang out a quickie BASIC program? Even fucking liberal arts types were able to program in the 80s.

youtube.com/watch?v=gveTy4EmNyk

>I still think a better successor would have been Scott Forstall
ftfy

After jobs passed away It went to shit.

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Even Avi would have been better, we'd have seen OS X get fixed properly if he was calling the shots.

>watch video
>16 seconds in Jobs says he's going to demonstrate what it's like to build mission-critical apps
>pause video
>laugh heartily for about 2 minutes
>come make this post

Apparently a lot changed since that video was filmed 'cause Apple (yes I realize the video was for NeXT computers and their OS) doesn't allow OSX/macOS to be used in mission-critical situations, it never has (the EULA has always prevented it).

Pic very relevant, and thanks for the laugh.

This is so true. There's a pic of how Apple is run today and they are basically influenced by two Silcon Valley marketers who work with Cook. Explains everything really.

I never liked Jobs much and I generally have never used anything more than an ipod from Apple but, I can't help respect the guy for his difference to all other CEOs.

This.
Apple used to be good. Kids these days will never know that.

>the EULA has always prevented it
The Nextstep EULA prevented it?