Comments on: Jobs’ Full FailMe Email Surfaces

By: bo0gzz

bo0gzz — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:55:08 +0000

THE WHOLE PHONE WAS RUSHEDD
where is da ichat? or evn video? or atleast MMS messaginn?

By: TJ

TJ — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:49:11 +0000

I certainly won’t argue that the launch was a disaster….but I’m a subscriber and think the service is excellent. It works great for me.

By: blah

blah — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:03:04 +0000

How long before the Apple genius’ realize that MobileMe is a failure not because of technical reasons, but one of marketplace. Why the hell would people pay $99/year for e-mail/calendar/whatever, when companies like Google give it away for free.

By: backbeat

backbeat — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:40:02 +0000

^Still pimpin’ that lame internet-worthy CV, eh Mikey? Besides, there’s quite a bit of difference between a civil servant doing the job they were hired for and a real hero.

By: MadMike

MadMike — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:42:35 +0000

Olga,
Obviously you don’t know Steve. Steve has a temper. One second he will praise you as a genius and the next minute belittle you and reduce you to tears.

Apple tries to be new-wave hip eco-chic like Google. I’ve never worked there though.

I used to be head of IT for a large pharma company – very other-side-of-the-spectrum from Apple/Google. Ended up retiring and became a firefighter for less stress. Yeah, it was that stressful of a job. Mainly because they allowed business majors to make IT decisions. BIG MISTAKE.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:39:29 +0000

No, Blackberry’s… Okay, maybe Blackberry’s on a BES…

By: Olga

Olga — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:19:54 +0000

I always wondered what Apple’s work culture was like. Is it creative, creative, creative… stress-driven madness, organic or linear? Anyone from Apple Corp care to share? Just wondering.

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:14:00 +0000

It’s likely that the internal people don’t use mobile me. Anyone even implying that they do has likely never worked at a large IT shop.

By: MadMike

MadMike — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:09:27 +0000

I do not think they are using MobileMe. They probably have either a home brew system or plain SMTP/POP servers.

By: farney

farney — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:08:27 +0000

why are you so butt hurt backbeat?

By: backbeat

backbeat — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:01:06 +0000

What does it matter if it was or wasn’t intended to be leaked? What does it change? Care to prove the innocence in this regard [leaking info for damage control] for MS, Moto, Palm, etc, etc? Didn’t think so. How does Apples’ record of dealing with development issues compare to that of those who have owned the mobile industry for a generation?

By: Pom

Pom — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:58:00 +0000

BGR
Fair and Balanced

By: RAS

RAS — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:49:55 +0000

I remember a minor scandal a few years back when it came to light that Apple was hosting some of it’s web pages on MS Server software and pc’s. Why not Mac OSX Server and XServes? They mumbles something about legacy systems and then quickly standardized to Apple stuff. Gave me a chuckle.

By: Albert

Albert — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:47:30 +0000

I don’t see how this was not meant for the public audience.

By: Scotty C

Scotty C — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:42:10 +0000

Steve-o doesn’t use MobileMe. They’re probably using something reliable for their communications. Like Exchange.

By: Hash

Hash — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:21:00 +0000

Hahaha. too funny. Steveoo

By: Xman

Xman — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:20:14 +0000

I believed the letter all the up to the point when he wrote:

This Eddie Cue guy is only a VP???? I sincerely doubt this. Someone screwed up when they wrote this letter. Should have done their homework to make it more believable. LOL