[Disgruntled Head of C-3PO]

"It's interesting the iPod has been out for three years and it's only this past year it's become a raging success. Well those things that become fads rage and then they drop off. When I was growing up there was a product made by Sony called the Sony Walkman – a rage, everyone had to have one," he said. "Well you don't hear about the Walkman anymore. I believe that one product wonders come and go. You have to have sustainable business models, sustainable strategy."


http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops...9127101,00.htm

[sek929]

Thats odd, most of my friends and close family still don't have iPods, and now that they have used the one I got for xMas, they want one next year.

I think the iPod will do fine, seeing as every other Mp3 player is either copying it badly or just plain bad.

[hayesk]

Of course, what do you expect the CEO of a competitor to say? "Yeah, it's a great product! I wish we made it."

But his comparison to the Walkman is stupid. Does he think the Walkman is not popular anymore simply because it was a fad? I thought it had something to do with cassettes no longer being the music medium of choice? (or even availability)

[Disgruntled Head of C-3PO]

"CEO Kevin Rollins said the number of headlines Apple grabs does not worry him and that the company isn't "in the same league" as Dell."

What league is that anyway?

[cszar2001]

It`s nice to see that the CEO`s in your country are every bit as stupid as ours.

[Kilbey]

Timeline?

MacNN lounge link.

[Kilbey]

Originally posted by cszar2001:
It`s nice to see that the CEO`s in your country are every bit as stupid as ours.

No country has a monopoly on stupid.

[hardcat1970]

Dell is just a stupid low cost manufacturers, they have no control of the softwares and if the component prices go up, they are screwed. And they have their stupid marketing campaigns going on which is really lame.

[cszar2001]

Originally posted by Kilbey:
No country has a monopoly on stupid.

[MacGorilla]

The Walkman faded wioth the rise of CDs, just like CD players will begin to fade with the advent of digital music. Someone day, something else will rise to replace digital music as it we know it now.

[Kilbey]

Originally posted by cszar2001:
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Nice how you turned this into a political slam. Real nice.

[effgee]

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
... What league is that anyway?

The one with (nearly) 5 times the sales volume of Apple. Unfortunately.

[Disgruntled Head of C-3PO]

Originally posted by effgee:
The one with (nearly) 5 times the sales volume of Apple. Unfortunately.

In music player sales?

[Apple Pro Underwear]

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
I believe that one product wonders come and go. You have to have sustainable business models, sustainable strategy.

well...

i kind of agree. there is going to be a point where iPod sales are going to shrink... the markets is going to be flooded with iPods, their competitors and other solutions such as phones, PDAs, video players...

Apple needs to use their momentum to come out with other stuff or build Mac sales while taking advantage of their "one product wonder"

[cszar2001]

Originally posted by Kilbey:
Nice how you turned this into a political slam. Real nice.

It was meant as a joke since I don`t discuss politics - ever.

[effgee]

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
In music player sales?

**professorflitwick**
"I doubt it."



Nah. Total sales. IIRC, he was refering to "the company" not being in the same league - no?

[effgee]

Originally posted by cszar2001:
It was meant as a joke since I don`t discuss politics - ever.

Kilbey's probably bored.

"Yo Kilbey! You at work already?"

[NYCFarmboy]

Originally posted by cszar2001:
It`s nice to see that the CEO`s in your country are every bit as stupid as ours.

[Kodachrome]

Originally posted by cszar2001:

Big hand of applause to the German for denegrating Poland's contribution to the coalition forces in Iraq.

[typoon]

Originally posted by Apple Pro Underwear:
well...

i kind of agree. there is going to be a point where iPod sales are going to shrink... the markets is going to be flooded with iPods, their competitors and other solutions such as phones, PDAs, video players...

Apple needs to use their momentum to come out with other stuff or build Mac sales while taking advantage of their "one product wonder"

It's still a bit early to tell but I think the Mac Mini will improve that a bit.

"When I was growing up there was a product made by Sony called the Sony Walkman – a rage, everyone had to have one," he said. "Well you don't hear about the Walkman anymore."

Yet Sony started making CD players after that with great success...