Spoken like a true commie

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:30, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

True, true.
Fell free to disagree, I'm up for a rational argument on this one, but I can't see anything massively praiseworthy in making tons of money. Not to say you shouldn't do it, but surely you do it to make your self money, rather than fro any other reason.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:34, Reply)

I don't see what's wrong with wanting to be successful?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:35, Reply)

I don't think I said there was anything wrong with it.
I don't see why it should command respect either.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:39, Reply)

Because the successful person has worked hard and achieved a lot
I'm not saying they should be getting Nobel prizes, but i respect the husband and wife who started my company and grew it into a global market leader, providing jobs for it's staff from the Uk to india and the US and value for our clients that is ultimately passed onto nyou, the consumer.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:48, Reply)

Success is a reward for achieving your objectives, and it's respect-worthy to do something you set out to do.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 13:18, Reply)

That's not why people are gushing over this guy
I'm writing this post on an HTC phone. A phone which would not exist were it not for the smartphone market that came from Apple's success. Same goes for mp3 players and loads of other stuff. There are very few companies who can make a product people want to queue in the middle of the night to get hold of.
( djtrialprice, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:39, Reply)

Unless you live in bongo bongo land
and the company in question makes food.
( djtrialprice, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:40, Reply)

1: makes vibrator based on Ape penis
2: Hypes
3: Opens swish store
4: ???????
5: Cock Profits
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:40, Reply)

You'll need to make it bigger than the actual version
if you want it to house any batteries.
( djtrialprice, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:44, Reply)

It's mains powered

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:46, Reply)

Smartphones, possibly
although I suspect there were smart phones around before the iPhone, but MP3 players were around (and better) before the iPod, I had one, it was very nice thank you.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:44, Reply)

I had a Rio, which I loved
but they went bust
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:46, Reply)

Creative MP3 players
were, and possibly are awesome. The aluminium fag packet I had was better (for my tastes anyway) than an iPod and far cheaper.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:48, Reply)

I had an Archos 10 Jukebox
I loved it. But mp3 players as a concept didn't truly take off until after Apple got in there. Same with phones. I can't remember the exact quote but around the time of the first iPhone release there was a company statement from Nokia along the lines of, "We're not worried, we're the biggest phone maker in the world, we know what our customers want." No they didn't! Apple raise the bar in pretty much every area they try to go for.

I've never bought an Apple product and I doubt I ever will but I appreciate what they've done for technology.
( djtrialprice, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 11:53, Reply)

They didn't invent the MP3, they didn't even invent the MP3 player.
But they turned it into a viable product for the masses and attached an ecosystem to it that allowed for people to get hold of the music legally and fairly.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 6 Oct 2011, 13:08, Reply)