Steve Jobs replies to another email, but this time it’s personal…
Posted by Zee Follow Zee on twitter on May 15th, 2010
Gawker bloggers certainly know how to push Jobs’ buttons.
This time it’s actually the Gawker blog (rather than subsidiary Gizmodo) and its Contributing Editor Ryan Tate - although Tate didn’t disclose himself as a Gawker blogger till later on in the thread.
On Friday night, after watching one of the company’s new ads promoting the iPad as “revolutionary”, Tate decided to sit down with a cocktail (probably a few) and email Jobs into explaining just how revolutionary a closed platform could be.
A question about “freedom” and a reference to Bob Dylan (famously Jobs is a big fan) turned into a lengthy email thread and much of the same Jobs stubborness with a disappointing ending because well, pulling the “what have you done that’s so great” card is just…cheap.
Besides, Jobs should know better than to get into a discussion with a blogger (not that he knew he was one) late on a Friday night. Wonder what the Apple board would make of this.
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Brad McCarty said May 15, 2010ReplyMan…the last email was the one that pushes the edge for me. Sure, I can see Steve being a bit PO’d. But really, belittling someone goes a bit too far. Regardless of what was thrown at him, it’s his job to not throw it back.
Mr. Jobs got a little irritated. :)
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