Year: 2004

Jobs: ‘Sales guys’ lost Apple market share

Posted by | Jan 26, 2004 | |

Apple CEO Steve Jobs says “sales guys” are to blame for his company’s small market share. “The Mac-user interface was a 10-year monopoly,” Jobs told Newsweek. “Who ended up running the company? Sales guys. At the critical juncture in the late ’80s, when they should have gone for market share, they went for profits. They made obscene profits for several years. And their products became mediocre. And then their monopoly ended with Windows 95. They behaved like a monopoly, and it came back to bite them, which always happens…

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Jobs currently digging hip-hop music

Posted by | Jan 26, 2004 | |

When asked in a BusinessWeek interview what kind of music he was listening to lately, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said: “I’m trying to force myself to listen to more of the current stuff. I had never listened to hip-hop and had somehow developed a pretty harsh image of it. Now I’m not saying I like all of it, but I found some people that have something to say and are saying it, more than anyone since Dylan in the 1960s. And Dylan is my all-time favorite. I met him once.

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Netflix Freak gains Applescript support, more

Posted by | Jan 26, 2004 | |

The Little App Factory today has released Netflix Freak 1.1, an update to its application for managing a Netflix rental queue. Version 1.1 adds Applescript support; the ability to view and assign star ratings; new views that show directors, cast members and additional movie details; optional category and year columns; and more. Netflix Freak is US$10 shareware.

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