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1. iphonerulez

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   01/26, 06:05pm | report spam | close reply

   OMG! Somebody pass me a paper bag...

   I'm starting to hyper-ventilate over this extraordinary bit of news. I guess in a couple of hours from now Mr. McGraw is going to have to deny everything he said regarding the Apple tablet so he doesn't ruin the surprise for the rest of the computer and publishing industry.

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1. slapppy

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   01/26, 06:09pm | report spam | (1 reply) close | reply

   CEO

   How did he get to be a CEO? Amateurish mistake.

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1. abnyc

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   01/26, 06:16pm | report spam | close reply

   wow ...

   this guy is completely and totally inept

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1. Feathers

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   01/26, 06:37pm | report spam | close reply

   Shun Him!

   Get your equipment at flamingtorchesandpitchforks.com because his royal Steveness has altered his working relationship with people over a lot less.

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1. testudo

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   Re: CEO

   Amateurish? How is this amateurish? Just because Apple likes to 'surprise' everyone (yeah, big surprise Apple, no one knew a tablet was coming!), doesn't mean everyone has to.
   
   And you're making the assumption his Steve-ness didn't OK this.

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1. testudo

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   Re: Shun him

   because his royal Steveness has altered his working relationship with people over a lot less.
   
   And there's a reason this guy can do this. Because there's no way Steve's going to act the petulant child and say "Oh, McGraw-Hill, no, we're no longer dealing with them". That's NOT the way to run a business.

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1. Fonejacker

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   01/26, 07:05pm | report spam | close reply

   New book

   is there a book called Spill the beans too early for Dummies???? by this guy. If I was Stevie, I would send in the lawyers, then three heavies, to explain the concept, dont' talk about Apple products. What floor is this guys office on? Can he fly??? I would be a bit disappointed if it was just iPhone OS, but I don't think it will be, I very much doubt Stevie would have shown too much about it to these guys beforehand. No more McGraw-Hill books then on iTunes, for a while at least. Big oops. He seems to talk rubbish, when answering the questions. I wouldn't want him as a CEO of any of my company investments. He seems out of touch, does he know or use computers? I suppose his tie says it all.

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1. Bobfozz

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   01/26, 07:23pm | report spam | close reply

   Spoiling it...

   Why would Steve sanction something like this the evening before it's release Testudo? There is no good reason since everyone will be tuned it.
   
   I can however remember times when people were 100% sure of product introductions at MacWorld by Apple which never happened.
   
   In this case the moron and his grin says it all... he blew it. Sure, Apple won't turn McGraw-Hill down just like it puts up with all those blabbermouths in the Far Eastern companies which service Apple... but this guy could ruin anyone's birthday surprise.
   
   He couldn't contain himself. Not very professional. Steve can, that's why this is not an intentional leak.

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1. coffeetime

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   01/26, 09:12pm | report spam | close reply

   Set up

   This is all the fake setup planned by Steve Jobs. Watch, tomorrow Steve is going to say "Ha ha ha. Got you! Introducing... The new Apple Creative Suite (eat s**t Adobe) on a headless new iMac for those who can't afford MacPro. And one more thing... Apple iChecking (die Quicken!).

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1. NeXTLoop

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   01/26, 09:16pm | report spam | close reply

   This was amateurish...

   ... if Jobs/Apple didn't approve this "leak". It is entirely within Apple's right to maintain as much, or as little, secrecy as they want about THEIR products. That means that any company who is working with Apple on this, and was given access to Apple's plans, has a responsibility to make every reasonable effort to maintain Apple's desired level of secrecy.
   
   More than likely, this CEO had to sign an NDA stating as much. Which means that, as the article points out, this is either an Apple sponsored "leak"... or this guy is a total amateur at dealing with partner companies.

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1. stevesnj

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   01/26, 09:41pm | report spam | close reply

   Uhh Oh

   someone told!!! Stevie J won't let him have cake at the after party.

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1. freudling

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   01/26, 10:50pm | report spam | close reply

   Doesn't know...

   He doesn't know much about the end product at all. Apple has hid the final product from pretty much everyone. Nobody outside a select few even know what the final version is like. At best this guy has seen a prototype, and played with a few magazines on it in a presentation in order to get him on board eBook formats for the new Tablet.
   
   The prototype was running the iPhone OS, so he just put the two together and made the statement that it will run off the iPhone OS. But he has no idea.

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1. sailin74

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   01/27, 01:49am | report spam | close reply

   Based on

   He said based on the iphone OS, which is based on OS X. I'm not sure there was any real information there at all.

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1. sailin74

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   01/27, 01:51am | report spam | close reply

   Anchor

   She likes to smell her text books? Really? mmmm musty.

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1. testudo

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   01/27, 08:29am | report spam | close reply

   Re: Spoiling it

   Why would Steve sanction something like this the evening before it's release Testudo? There is no good reason since everyone will be tuned it.
   
   And everyone will turn in regardless. But now, with information that it actually exists, more people might actually turn in.
   
   BTW, it isn't like this has been a super-secret, unless it has been part of a larger disinformation plan on Apple's part. And if that is the case, more reason to sanction it.
   
   I can however remember times when people were 100% sure of product introductions at MacWorld by Apple which never happened.
   
   And that's MacWorld and most of the time they did show up.
   
   He couldn't contain himself. Not very professional. Steve can, that's why this is not an intentional leak.
   
   Um, Steve can't contain a leak. That's why we ALL know all about this damn thing. Or have you been missing the rumors for the last 4 months?
   
   And the fact that Steve insists on his stupid 'secrecy' and tries to 'surprise' people shows you he needs to readjust his calendar. In the global economy where everything is outsourced, you can't keep a secret if you've already got parts in production, talking to providers, etc. This is where he needed to be ahead of the game and announce it 6 months ago, when no one expected it.
   
   At 2pm today, the main reaction from "normal" people will be "ho-hum, just what we've been hearing about forever".
   
   Of course, the 'fanboys' will be "OMG! This is such a game changer! Newspapers are saved! Books will be read by millions! The PC industry is now officially dead! Cancer is cured! Men will land on Mars 20 years sooner! I now have something else to spend my money on!"

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1. Tanker10a

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   01/27, 08:47am | report spam | close reply

   Leak

   I am sure that he was allowed to leak the information otherwise he wouldn't. Besides, hasn't Steve Jobs dropped enough hint on the arrival of this device already?
   Let's just wait! Besides, there are some wonderful things coming out beside The Tablet.
   iLife 10? Aperture 3?
   We are talking about a mini-MacWorld 2010...