Re: [iPad] 7 Things Tim Cook has done that Steve Jobs never would - Fortune

 


Mm, well, those are seven non-tech things.  To me, they're nowhere near the top of the list of things I'd like to see the head of Apple doing.  Steve was a good salesman for his products, and he took an active interest in how they were designed and developed, and he engaged in the tech conversation even though he wasn't an engineer.  He was a creative force and a forceful and attractive public presence.  

I'd love it if an indisputably creative guy with solid tech chops were up there, instead of a businessman and a politician.  But Apple's a very big business now, and I guess the business of business is business.  So there we are.  Fingers crossed.


On Oct 5, 2015, at 4:56 PM, Kris Murray krismurray@gmail.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Thoughts?


Cook was awarded the Human Rights Campaign's prestigious Visibility Award last night.

It's hard to watch his acceptance speech on the anniversary of Steve Jobs' death—almost to the day—and not think about how much Apple has changed in four years.

Not in terms of Apple's business model. Not in terms of the kinds of products it brings to market. But in terms of Apple's public persona.

I'm talking about the things Tim Cook has done that it's hard to imagine Steve Jobs doing, no matter how long he lived.

I've been keeping a list. I'm up to seven:

  • Come out as gay, march in a LGBT-rights parade, win a civil rights visibility award
  • Name two women and a black man to Apple's (8-member) board of directors
  • Pick a fight with the President and the FBI over strong cryptography
  • Take a public stand on racial justice, immigration reform and privacy rights
  • Commit the company to carbon neutrality and supplier responsibility
  • Lobby congressmen in their offices, testify before U.S. senators
  • Return $200 billion to Apple's shareholders and borrow the money to do it

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That's my list. Feel free to add to it.




~KLM
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