alleyinsider.com — Apple lied about Steve Jobs' health when it tried to quash concerns about his appearance at the WWDC conference last month, Joe Nocera of the New York Times says. Steve himself also finally weighed in on the matter last week, calling Joe Nocera a "slime bucket."
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dysonluJul 27, 2008
And that's coming from someone who's not exactly Mr. Nice Guy.
pouyazJul 27, 2008
The law does not just look at lies only; it looks at material misstatements OR omissions (e.g., misrepresentation, misleading remarks, etc.). Saying he had a "common bug" is misleading and is grounds for liability. Omitting how the "common bug" caused a more serious illness in him because his body is more sensitive due to prior surgery, an infection, or whatever, is also grounds for liability.
streakJul 27, 2008
Rather than actually doing any investigative reporting, these guys Markoff Jackoff and Nocera Bonera just wax prophetic about how righteous their opinions are.
pandapooJul 27, 2008
Steve Jobs is a human being and no matter how excited we all like to get by rumour and speculation. Can I also point out that this reporter is clearly a "slime bucket"; does he know what 'off the record' means?! We all make mistakes but once we've stopped making them it isn't fair to hold those same things against them. Just because we're online doesn't mean we can't have a little compassion.
dunedadJul 27, 2008
This story is not about fanboys, but about stock manipulation.AAPL stock is highly manipulated, varying up and down by much larger amounts than other stocks, and the cancer story is FUD that the "short sellers" use to drive the price down. Many "reporters" in the financial media are involved with these hedge fund manipulations and are a curse to the honest investor. If you read Nocera's story, you find that he talks about CANCER, and Jobs, and CANCER, and DEATH and Jobs has had CANCER, and the public doesn't realize that his CANCER was a nonlethal kind, and his CANCER might be back, and Jobs and Apple are liars about whether or not Jobs has CANCER, and then only at the very end of the piece does he report that Jobs called him and told him that he does not have CANCER, and is not dying, but Nocera thinks the story must be that Apple isn't telling us enough, even though Jobs just told him that he does not have CANCER.He is just spreading FUD to drive the stock down. His buddies make millions on this type of scheme.Read "Deep Capture" by Patrick Byrne <a class="user" href="http://www.deepcapture.com/">http://www.deepcapture.com/</a> to get the story of how financial reporters are in bed with hedge funds.
dozernotzJul 29, 2008
I think you're applying the word "genius" too broadly. Steve Jobs is probably smart, but what he does every day is not genius.Consider that Apple's actual contribution to their products is 99% in marketing and industrial design. iPod chipsets were made by Portalplayer, the HDDs were from Toshiba, the LCDs were from Samsung, the clickwheel was some other off-the-shelf part. All manufacturing is conducted overseas, none of it by actual Apple employees.Consider also that Steve Jobs does not even personally do the marketing and industrial design. He has employees for that. His main activities are PR and stockholder relations. Basically he gives good powerpoint. That does not a genius make.
fyberopticAug 2, 2008
Dude, you need to look into the history of Apple's founders a little bit more. Or you need to hear it come from Steve Wozniak's own mouth, because he's said it multiple times, including in his book.One famous example is where Wozniak developed and wrote Breakout for Atari. Jobs handled the business end, and sold it to Atari, telling Woz he got $700 for it, so they split the money. Woz later found out that Jobs got several thousand for it, and screwed him over, having kept the rest.But, since Wozniak has ten times more class than Jobs ever will, Woz doesn't hold any grudges or judge Jobs for what he did.
pouyazJan 21, 2009
I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so!<a class="user" href="http://i.gizmodo.com/5135991/sec-examining-apple-on-steve-jobs-health-disclosures">http://i.gizmodo.com/5135991/sec-examining-apple-o ...</a>