Tony Glover
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ChristopherPayne
Hi Tony,
I think Apple will do a lot better without Steve's input than some analysts may think.
He has a unique way of thinking about products which is very different from other companies, and developed a systematic process to do this which is now deeply rooted in the way the company operates.
Many companies fail because they don't listen to the market and discourage disagreement among their teams. Watching videos of Steve talking about how Apple makes decisions I notice him talk a lot about the heated discussions at Apple about product features, direction, etc and how he loses arguments, proves to be wrong etc. This is a man who thinks and listens deeply.
Steve has been ill for many years. He and his close team have had time to plan for what will happen after he has died. They have brought in consultants from Harvard to document the way the Apple works, but to keep this information within Apple.
Long after Steve has passed away, people at Apple will be saying "What would Steve say about this?" and many will know pretty accurately what he would say.
Also, Apple thinks many years ahead, and have products and features which will see the light of day when component prices are affordable etc.
I think Apple will continue for grow for many years to come.
Chris Payne, Al Ain, enthusiastic Apple lover! :)
RattyUK
Firstly Ovum research have customers such as Nokia. They like to tell their customers what they want to hear, not what is actually happening.
For example: “Even if it is opened up to third parties, it is difficult to see how the installed base of iPhones can reach the level where it becomes a truly attractive service platform for operator and developer investment.”
Tony Cripps, Ovum Service Manager for Mobile User Experience, 14 March 2007.
They were most certainly wrong there.
The thing is that Apple were a stupid company back when they fired Jobs. It was run by sugar water salesmen and bean counters who knew the cost of everything and the value of nothing.
Steve Jobs had a lot to learn about how to run a company back then and got great experience with both Pixar and Next. Experience he bought back to Apple in 97 when he returned.
Steve Jobs most important creation though has been Apple, Inc. It now has a solid team who know what makes Apple work and it is poised to own the computing landscape in the 2010s and probably much, much further than that too.
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