Monday, September 24, 2007

Applegate?

Steve Jobs and Apple's IPhone

Five Fundamental Truths (in no particular order)
  1. Justice
  2. Humaneness
  3. Truth
  4. Stewardship
  5. Freedom
...and their tensions

  1. Justice
  • Price cuts being legal no matter the time line vs. justice for the people who "overpaid" for their product
2. Humaneness
  • Steve Jobs being fair to all Apple customers vs. Jobs trying to make a profit for his company regardless of customer's feelings
3. Truth
  • Jobs being open and apologizing to customers vs. Jobs telling half-truths and apologizing only when he was forced to
4. Stewardship
  • Adopting more new customers, with the assumed cause of creating better technology vs. satisfying existing customers
5. Freedom
  • Jobs' freedom to charge whatever he chooses as head of Apple vs. Customer's freedom not to purchase Apple products

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