> Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 15:09:55 +0100 > From: Tim Schofield <[email protected]> > To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] RIP: Steve Jobs > Message-ID: > <CABsfisi26nqNNmX=vcmU=QFf=pkts6d5mmgl4wrf0aqoljx...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 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.....
I have to side with Schofield on this, There are cheaper alternatives to some of Apple's products. I have seen people buy those tiny mac laptops thinking they will do earth-moving audio, video and graphics stuff, only to be told after a lot of laughter that a cheaper laptop with certain specs can do the job. regards Joachim _______________________________________________ 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). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
