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class=484065619-28042008>There is nothing incredible about apple's electrical,
software, or mechanical engineering. IMHO.. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=484065619-28042008>The marketing/buzz machine is incredible though.
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> community-bounces@lists.openmoko.org
[mailto:community-bounces@lists.openmoko.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>hank
williams<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 28, 2008 1:52 PM<BR><B>To:</B> List for
Openmoko community discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Engineering Driven vs.
Community Driven (was Re: Ugliness)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If this is
primarily a developer platform, why are there so many intense opinions about
such superficial things as color and marketing
anyways?<BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>In today's world, there is *very* little daylight between marketing and
engineering. They are of a piece. The product design, the feature set, and yes
even the physical form factor are all both engineering issues as well as
marketing issues. Apple is a prime example of this. The beauty of the design of
their products is all about marketing, but could not be achieved without
incredible engineering on the electrical, software, and mechanical engineering
fronts. So I don't think, particularly for a phone, you can separate these
issues.<BR><BR>Hank <BR></DIV></DIV><BR>-- <BR>blog: <A
href="http://whydoeseverythingsuck.com">whydoeseverythingsuck.com</A>
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