IconoclasT wrote:
] Almost a thousand years ago, Canute the Great was the king
] of England, Denmark and Norway. As are most leaders, he was
] trailed by a retinue of hangers-on who praised him at every
] opportunity, often claiming that even supernatural feats were
] within his command.
]
] Canute grew weary of the hype and decided to cut it short with
] a graphic demonstration of the limit of his powers. He had his
] chair placed at the edge of the sea, and as the tide rolled
] in, he commanded it to stop. No luck, of course, on stopping
] the tide, but Canute managed to gain a respite from the
] clamoring of the crowd.
] ...
] In the meantime, however, RealNetworks is proving to be a real
] pain in Apple's side. In April, Real approached Apple about
] making the iPod compatible with Real's RealPlayer Music Store
] (RPMS). Request denied. This week Real announced the release
] of Harmony, a digital rights management translation service
] that will enable RPMS customers to play those songs on an
] iPod.
] ...
] Apple needs to recognize, as Canute did, that it can't stop
] the tide, and get back to ruling its digital music kingdom
] wisely.
]
] Excellent analogy... Steve Jobs' ego has dominated Apple's
] direction for a long time. Most of it has been dead-on w/ well
] timed choices and directions but I think he now needs to
] realize that to try to keep it all means to have none of it in
] the end.

Good article, but Apple needs to get over itself already.....