It's fine at what it does - it just doesn't do too much. I work at an Apple Service Provider/Consulting firm, and it's generally heralded (even at Apple) as the red-headed step-child - Apple considers it a "Hobby device" to keep their rankings in some other keyword-area up. My only real problem is that the price and the feature set don't have a good balance, even when compared with a Mac Mini. If I came across a cheap enough one, however, I'd throw Boxee on it in a heartbeat, and have a poor-man's almost-PVR.
I was just pointing out that it's not the revolutionary, game-changing, hoop jumping, buzzword-creating type of device that Apple likes to release. Warren "Tray" Torrance On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 13:58, Jonathan Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: Perhaps a bit off the topic, but.... What do you think is wrong about the AppleTV? I don't have one myself but it seems to be a good product from what I have seen and read. Jonathan On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Warren Tray <[email protected]> wrote: I think it depends on the goal and nature of the company. For a company that seeks to create innovative, creative, and new products, someone will have to be the bad guy, and drop the hammer on certain ideas and/or features. However, he or she may not always make the right call, and you wind up with an AppleTV, Newton, etc. every now and then. If the company is a service provider of some sort, I'd say it should be run by the best practices for that particular field, and not any one person so much (a pipe dream, yes, but I still feel that way). I think that, in the case of that particular article, Apple doesn't have just Steve Jobs to thank for its recent success. They have a good team, and their product designer, Jonny Ives is at the top of his game too - after all, I feel that alot of their recent success comes from the "sex appeal" of their products. I'm also not so sure that the iPad is "a triumph of technology and a completely new way of doing things," as the article suggests. It's really more of a large iPod Touch, with the option for a 3G modem.Warren "Tray" Torrance On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 13:08, Dustin Puryear <[email protected]> wrote: Good article! http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/why-every-tech-firm-needs-a-tyrant-at-the-top-669583 The article discusses the issue of having too muchmanagement vs. a strong, central authority on top. It does mention Microsoft. Don't go on a rant. This is aboutmanagement philosphy more than a specific company. ;-) --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
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