He’s replying to emails again, and this time it’s about Adobe.
MacStories reader Josh Cheney has sent Steve Jobs an email asking this:
“Do you hate Adobe and their products (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc) or do you just hate their view on Flash?”
Ok, a pretty daring question. I mean, after his popular “post” Thoughts on Flash, it was clear that Steve hadn’t the best feelings about Adobe. But then Adobe launched the campaign “We Love Apple”, and now here’s the reply from Steve:
“I respect and admire Adobe. We just chose to not have Flash on our devices.”
So there you have it. Check out the screenshot of the email below, and remember that Steve doesn’t hate Adobe. Old friends can never hate each other.
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That's what Chris Armstrong said 3 months ago:
woo.
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#2
That's what David said 3 months ago:
such a dumb question…
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#3
That's what Drunken Economist said 3 months ago:
No, it’s not a dumb question. If you ever get time with the Jobs or someone like him, you have to decant decant decant to your base question. Short. Simple, to the point. No long screeds.
What do you think an ‘executive summary’ is?
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That's what David said 3 months ago:
dumb because the answer is obvious, not because the question it’s short and concise… but of course, it’s important to hear directly from Steve.
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That's what drh said 3 months ago:
I’ve got to say, doesn’t anyone else think its highly unlikely that the CEO of Apple would have thousands of emails going to his iPhone???
There literally must be so much spam, fanboy and hate mail going to that account!!!
Whilst I don’t doubt that he may peruse that mailbox occasionally, picking out the odd email to read and on even reply rarely, but I have visions of him doing this from an iMac in the office when he’s bored, I just can’t see him having anything but his private/business email accounts on his iPhone!
Thinking about this sparked another question in my head, just how many numerics fit in the "new email notification badge" anyway??
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That's what Jim said 3 months ago:
Seems to me what is sad about the question is the word ‘hate’. Surely there is something more nuanced here. And to assume, in the question that it is either or hate this or hate that. Steve managed a grown up answer, that took the realm of the discussion out of absolute reptilian and into pragmatic thoughtfulness. That all said, I applaud the asking and giving us a look at the reply. Thanks.
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redwall_hp Reply:
May 27th, 2010
@Jim, Here’s Jobs acting reasonable while the entire internet and press tries to paint this as something bigger. It’s just Apple not wanting Flash on their mobile devices, nothing more.
Why can’t more people realize that?
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That's what Predrag said 3 months ago:
Let me just say, it looks very lame to blur out your own e-mail address, but to leave the address of the sender for everyone to see here.
I know that Steve’s e-mail address is pretty much common knowledge today, but this is simply very, very impolite. You consider your (and everyone else’s) right to have access, and be able to e-mail, to Steve Jobs, but you are making sure you don’t get bothered by any messages?
As I said, it is pretty lame.
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David Reply:
May 27th, 2010
@Predrag, Jobs address is world-known, and if people wouldn’t share it, Steve couldn’t do what he is doing… answering to random emails… i agree that it’s unpolite, but it’s also for authenticity reasons!
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That's what Mike said 3 months ago:
Do we have any headers for this? I’m always sceptical of the authenticity of a “Stevemail” when there aren’t any headers for analysis…
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That's what Louis wheeler said 3 months ago:
Steve was saying that their dispute isn’t personal, "It’s just business."
Any company has to place bets on the future; winning those bets is how they make profits and get ahead.
Steve bet on Multi-touch technologies on the iPhone three years ago. The bet was that the customers would like multi-touch and they did. The drawback is that Flash doesn’t work on Multi-touch, because most Flash websites need a mouse rollover and multi-touch eliminates them.
Flash may be popular, but it is old hat and very problematic. Flash’s best days are behind them; it is time to move on. This discussion is getting boring.
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That's what Steve said 3 months ago:
@Louis wheeler
Claiming "…Flash doesn’t work on multi-touch because most Flash websites need a mouse rollover…" is boring.
http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2010/05/12/top-flash-misperceptions-flash-cannot-run-on-touch-devices/
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#19
That's what Donald C.Ricci said 3 months ago:
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Please IF INTERESTED respond to DRICCI8739@AOL.COM with your comments.
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Thank you
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Donald C.Ricci Reply:
May 29th, 2010
@Donald C.Ricci, THESE NEW BOARD AND CARD GAME DESIGNS COULD BE A GREAT ASSET TO APPLE I PAD VIEWERS AND GAME PLAYERS WORLD WIDE.
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#20
That's what Donald C.Ricci said 3 months ago:
I WOULD LIKE FOR ONE OF STEVE JOB TECHS TO CONTACT ME TO REVIEW MY CONCEPTS
thank you
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That's what board games said 3 weeks ago:
Great reading material. I’ve learned a lot by reading here. Thanks!
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