On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 6:32 AM, Jeff Miles <[email protected]> wrote:
> This whole thing is just stupid. I hope Apple isn't behind any of the > prosecution of this person, their employee, for loosing the phone. I also > hope they're not behind the prosecution of the person who sold it, or the > person who blogged what it's advancements where over their most recent model. > If what I've heard is true and they handed out hundreds of these > phones to employees for testing, Apple is the only one to blame for any of > this. Stupidity is not a defense. > If apple handed out hundreds of these phones to employees for testing > (not sure, just a rumor), they expected this to happen. Apple isn't stupid. > Think about it. How much did this media blitz cost them? The words out on > what the new phone might do and it hasn't cost them a dime in advertising. > Their under the cover media stint might have got out of hand, but do > you think someone is loosing any sleep over it? > I'd love to be on the inside and see if anyone is getting promoted. Apple is said to have fired an employee who showed Steve Wozniak, an Apple founder, an iPad just after the release date of that device. His showing of the device to "The Woz" was not authorized, thus he was apparently fired. The Apple employee who left this new iPhone prototype in a bar has apparently not been fired or even severely disciplined. Apple shut down the functionality of this iPhone a few hours after it had been found, thus indicating that Apple knew it had been separated from the employee who initially had it. But, yes, this has turned out to be a publicity bonanza for Apple at no apparent cost to them. However, if the folks who got the phone and then reported on its features wind up in a legal quagmire, as dumb as their actions may have been, Apple will probably suffer an image problem as a result. I agree that selfish dumbness seems to have prevailed throughout this entire episode to date. Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
