[brlug-general] Should tech companies be run by tyrants?

[Jarred White]

I don't see/hear Apple TV marketed a lot... in fact I forget about it
most of the time.

 

And aside from sanctioned marketing by Apple themselves, I never
see/hear anyone just talking or buzzing about it either.

 

From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] On
Behalf Of Jonathan Roberts
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 1:59 PM
To: general at brlug.net
Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Should tech companies be run by tyrants?

 

Perhaps a bit off the topic, but....   What do you think is wrong about
the AppleTV?  I don't have one myself but it seems to be a good product
from what I have seen and read.

Jonathan



On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Warren Tray <torrancew at gmail.com>
wrote:

I think it depends on the goal and nature of the company. For a company
that seeks to create innovative, creative, and new products, someone
will have to be the bad guy, and drop the hammer on certain ideas and/or
features. However, he or she may not always make the right call, and you
wind up with an AppleTV, Newton, etc. every now and then. If the company
is a service provider of some sort, I'd say it should be run by the best
practices for that particular field, and not any one person so much (a
pipe dream, yes, but I still feel that way).

I think that, in the case of that particular article, Apple doesn't have
just Steve Jobs to thank for its recent success. They have a good team,
and their product designer, Jonny Ives is at the top of his game too -
after all, I feel that alot of their recent success comes from the "sex
appeal" of their products.

I'm also not so sure that the iPad is "a triumph of technology and a
completely new way of doing things," as the article suggests. It's
really more of a large iPod Touch, with the option for a 3G modem.
Warren "Tray" Torrance



On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 13:08, Dustin Puryear <dpuryear at puryear-it.com>
wrote:

	Good article!

	 

	
http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/why-every-tech-firm-needs-a-
tyrant-at-the-top-669583

	 

	The article discusses the issue of having too much management
vs. a strong, central authority on top.

	 

	It does mention Microsoft. Don't go on a rant. This is about
management philosphy more than a specific company. ;-)

	 

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