If you think Steve really sold magic, then Tim is right and Steve was a Marketing genius.
> Tim - > > It's not rubbish that Steve sold to you expensively. He sold talent, creativity, quality and magic. Indeed, putting a price to that bundle would be an understatement. For the few years I've been on earth, no one has sold a thing to me of that description. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 6, 2011, at 17:09, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well I'm not convinced that there is another man in the world who can > > convince so many people to buy so much over priced rubbish. > > > > I don't mean that in any way to be an insult, I have been an admirer > > of his abilities in marketing for a very long time. Marketing is an > > incredibly difficult skill (I don't mean marketing in the same way the > > hundreds of kids running around Kampala claiming to be a marketing > > business do). To persuade people to believe in a product that is > > mundane is really something else. > > > > He truly had a genius for it, but now he is gone..... > > > > On 6 October 2011 14:52, Otandeka Simon Peter <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Yes he is gone but it is also another opportunity for Tim Cook and his team > >> to shine much as they will remain living in the shadow of Steve (RIP) for > >> some time. I believe Apple is not a one-man show. > >> > >> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> He was probably the greatest marketing genius ever. Without him apple > >>> are just another technology company selling overpriced products. > >>> > >>> > >>> On 6 October 2011 13:54, Cavin Aaron <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> While launching the iPod he asked the audience, he always wondered why > >>>> jeans > >>>> had a small inner pocket > >>>> And now he figured it out, to keep an iPod > >>>> To call him a genius is an understatement, having said that he had > >>>> missteps > >>>> but he never kept trying,never lost the faith > >>>> The story of him getting upset with google when their logo had a problem > >>>> with it's yellow gradient, shows his great attention to details was > >>>> probably > >>>> second to none > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Oct 6, 2011, at 1:00 AM, Faisal Seif <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> He is one of the Most Creative creatures on Earth... > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:17 AM, Cavin Aaron <[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> RIP Steve Jobs, > >>>> You fought a good fight, and your works live on forever > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > >>>> > >>>> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >>>> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >>>> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > >>>> > >>>> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > >>>> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > >>>> > >>>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > >>>> attachments if any). 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