Comments on: Speak of the Devil http://hrlori.com/speak-of-the-devil/ Attempting to Unravel the Complex World of California Human Resources Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:10:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: James http://hrlori.com/speak-of-the-devil/#comment-1422 James Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:59:59 +0000 http://hrlori.com/2006/10/28/speak-of-the-devil/#comment-1422 "Anything they're working on" can include projects that have gone public. Sure, you don't spread trade secrets, and the Sun bloggers for example are quite good at holding back stuff, but what about the hardware guys explaining why the latest macbook was designed the way it is, and what the deal with the overheating is? It'd be much more transparent than the current black monolith Apple is, and customers would be a lot more informed. But Apple doesn't even allow this sort of blog, preferring to treat its customers (and even employees) like mushrooms - in the dark and fed shit. Compare this to http://direct2dell.com where Dell explains why various products aren't shipping yet - Apple's never explained why the new Xserve has been held up for months. “Anything they’re working on” can include projects that have gone public. Sure, you don’t spread trade secrets, and the Sun bloggers for example are quite good at holding back stuff, but what about the hardware guys explaining why the latest macbook was designed the way it is, and what the deal with the overheating is? It’d be much more transparent than the current black monolith Apple is, and customers would be a lot more informed.

But Apple doesn’t even allow this sort of blog, preferring to treat its customers (and even employees) like mushrooms - in the dark and fed shit. Compare this to http://direct2dell.com where Dell explains why various products aren’t shipping yet - Apple’s never explained why the new Xserve has been held up for months.

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