Ho-lee shee-it. Wrote a piece in Wired
about how Apple rocks and how some distribution muscle from Sony could
help them boost their market share, whether it be via a Sony
investment/purchase or a deal like the Disney/Pixar arrangement. I had
heard about what happens to one when one writes about Apple. But since
the piece was pretty complimentary, it never occurred to me that I
would get gooned. Wow. Scores of emails. The piece got picked up by a bunch of blogs, and the emails started pouring in. Here's one:
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From: Mark Dymowski
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003
Subject: Apple shouldn't be bought period
Josh,
Leave the Apple buyout thing alone. Steve Jobs IS Apple, and nobody
else should control that. We don't WANT everyone using the Mac. It's
special! It's unique! And to lose that niche would destroy the
Mac. Don't destroy a good thing. This is our little secret place that
nobody else knows about and once you ruin that, you'll ruin what the
Mac is all about. Get it?
Mark Dymowski
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You can almost see this guy shaking a pitchfork.
Here's another:
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From: Ian Bruce
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 10:33:49 -0700
To:
Subject: Apple/Sony
Dear Josh,
As we know, an acquisition of Apple by Sony is a pleasant little
though[t] experiment and unlikely to ever occur. But, applying your
logic to yourself, wouldn't it make sense approaching Rupert Murdock [sic]
and NewsCorp to pitch the sale of Wired? Even though Wired clutches much
less than a meager 3 percent of the Magazine market, I�m sure you can
manage to sweeten the pot somehow.
Sure, he's a rabid conservative scumbag, and is fundamentally opposed
to virtually everything Wired is known and respected for, but hey,
bidness is bidness.
Ian Bruce
Los Angeles
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What a blast. Apparently, not only is it verboten to say bad things about Apple, it is, with some people, verboten to write about Apple at all. Amazing. There have been a bunch of anti-Apple responses as well, and a few civil ones, though just a few. I must say that nothing I've written has caused such an immediate and vociferous reaction. I like it.
