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  • 03-03-2008 4:12 AM

    steve wozniak ( apple co founder ) praises bang & olufsen !

    http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1903

     

    Knowledge@Wharton: Other than Apple, are there other companies that you admire? 

    "Wozniak: I certainly admired Hewlett Packard when I worked there. You could speak to anybody up and down the management of the company. You could talk to the owners of the company, [Bill] Hewlett and [Dave] Packard, anytime.

    I try to model my own life after that.

    There are cases where, even at a company like Apple, your boss won't let a vice president ask you to go to Macworld. "You have to go through me." That sort of thing.

    There are times I admired some European companies for their beautiful products -- Bang & Olufsen being prominent among them." 

    popgear is grate™

  • 03-03-2008 5:07 AM In reply to

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    Re: steve wozniak ( apple co founder ) praises bang & olufsen !

    On youtube, you can see him playing with and explaining his serene.

    Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. - Berthold Auerbach

  • 03-03-2008 5:50 AM In reply to

    Re: steve wozniak ( apple co founder ) praises bang & olufsen !

    Do you think something can be done between Apple and B&O, "software" speaking in a close future ?
    A partnership that may be different from the one concerning Samsung ?  

    Guy 

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    --= BV10 46", BL8K, BL4K, BL2, BS Ouverture, BC6000 (Mk3), BT1100, Beo4 , A8 and ...the Atomic Floyd "Airjax+Mic" earphones =--

  • 03-03-2008 9:34 AM In reply to

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    Re: steve wozniak ( apple co founder ) praises bang & olufsen !

    That really would be great, but I doubt if it will happen. I have read about a Windows-based Beomedia, and therefor it is quite unlikely that there will also be an Apple-B&O partnership. 

    Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. - Berthold Auerbach

  • 03-03-2008 10:23 AM In reply to

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    Re: steve wozniak ( apple co founder ) praises bang & olufsen !

    This is no good.

    Woz just critizised iPhone, AppleTV and Macbook Air.

    I want Steve to be pro B&O rather than Woz.

    That's the only road to integration.

    /M 

  • 03-03-2008 11:17 AM In reply to

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    Re: steve wozniak ( apple co founder ) praises bang & olufsen !

    Sorry Munin, I'm not sure I understand your response?

    Who is "Woz", and "Steve"?? Huh?

    Muchos Gracias Cool

  • 03-03-2008 12:07 PM In reply to

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    Re: steve wozniak ( apple co founder ) praises bang & olufsen !

    GuyHui :

    Do you think something can be done between Apple and B&O, "software" speaking in a close future ?
    A partnership that may be different from the one concerning Samsung ?  

    Wozniak has absolutely nothing (apart from earning a royalty payment) to do with Apple, he just makes comments on his past, separate from any Apple business.

    Can we please move away from the daft 'wouldn't it be good if Apple...'. Apple operates is a completely different consumer bracket from B&O and the only thing B&O would benefit from Apple, is the software technology. Apple doesn't license this to others, and why should it?

    On the other hand, what on earth would a $800 million/year company such as B&O do for Apple? Apple shift more products from two or three of their largest retail stores than the entire chain of worldwide B&O stores. What technologies and patents do B&O own than would interest Apple? That's the only reason Apple would ever consider B&O.

  • 03-03-2008 2:12 PM In reply to

    Re: steve wozniak ( apple co founder ) praises bang & olufsen !

    Tom:

    That really would be great, but I doubt if it will happen. I have read about a Windows-based Beomedia, and therefor it is quite unlikely that there will also be an Apple-B&O partnership. 

    Yes, meantime just think about having iTunes integrated in the BS5 to come. That may be impossible, but raising the idea is interesting.

    Guy 

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    --= BV10 46", BL8K, BL4K, BL2, BS Ouverture, BC6000 (Mk3), BT1100, Beo4 , A8 and ...the Atomic Floyd "Airjax+Mic" earphones =--

  • 03-03-2008 2:24 PM In reply to

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    Re: steve wozniak ( apple co founder ) praises bang & olufsen !

    Apple is hype ! nothing special with the software. The BS5 will beat them all. Crap Apple products :D :D
  • 03-03-2008 3:15 PM In reply to

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    Re: steve wozniak ( apple co founder ) praises bang & olufsen !

    Woz is Wozniak and Steve is Jobs ...

    sorry ...

    /M 

     

  • 03-03-2008 3:17 PM In reply to

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    Re: steve wozniak ( apple co founder ) praises bang & olufsen !

    About BS5 ... is it true that it is audio-only? 

    And why is this? Seems so strange.

    /M 

  • 03-03-2008 3:35 PM In reply to

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    Re: steve wozniak ( apple co founder ) praises bang & olufsen !

    Peter :

    I now can choose from my entire collection and get full feedback in any room. This is a huge advance and is only possible using my mac and iTouch. I don't have a TV screen in every room and I don't want one in every room. I do have music in all my rooms and most are linked. B&O do not provide a solution to this and I have a nasty feeling BS5 will not either - but I hope I am wrong.

    This is a quote from a different thread (Munin). Now, suppose B&O do follow this forum very/too closely  ... Stick out tongue

    (Sorry, Peter, just playing with words Big Smile )

    PS The discussions (though heated) were very enjoyable lately - at least as far as I can understand them.

  • 03-03-2008 3:48 PM In reply to

    Re: steve wozniak ( apple co founder ) praises bang & olufsen !

    I am sure Peter will be happy enough whether its B&O, Apple or someone else that offers him the solution he wants and that's great. My lifestyle and listening requirements are somewhat different so I have no need for such a system, whoever makes it. What I have is enough and it meets my needs perfectly. I love operating it almost more than watching listening to it! Interior design (and strong design statements) are my requirements, its not about the practicality of playing my media but visually, how it is done.

    Simon.

    "We can rebuild him. We have the technology." 7-40, 7-2, 9000, BS3, BC2, LC2, BC6000, Beo5
  • 03-03-2008 3:53 PM In reply to

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    Re: steve wozniak ( apple co founder ) praises bang & olufsen !

    Munin:

    About BS5 ... is it true that it is audio-only? 

    Yes, but then I thought about this the other day. Clearly B&O aren't going to produce their own iTunes Store, therefore there's no easy way for them to get videos to the BS5 (which I thought was going to be a BeoMaster?).

    Ideally it would be good if a user could simply insert a DVD movie and for the BeoMaster 5 to rip to the device. Snag is, it wouldn't be legal, wouldn't work very well and would take a huge amount of space on the internal hard drive. Think about how hard it would be to rip and store Blu-ray's.

    Another option would be to enable users to rip to their PC and move it across to the BeoMaster 5, but the BM5 is supposed to be standalone, so that wouldn't happen either.

    So, B&O couldn't make the storage and playback of video work very well and, unless it's immensely simple for the end-user, B&O tend to shy away from anything tricky.

  • 03-04-2008 3:12 AM In reply to

    Re: steve wozniak ( apple co founder ) praises bang & olufsen !

    Alex:
    Apple is hype ! nothing special with the software. The BS5 will beat them all. Crap Apple products :D :D

    Yep, but BS5 will be based on Windows software, and IMHO I am wonder if it will be really reliable.

    BTW, thanks for your "construtive" point of view, I have learnt a lot about Apple, your description was very detailed though. 

    Guy 

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  • 03-04-2008 4:16 AM In reply to

    Re: steve wozniak ( apple co founder ) praises bang & olufsen !

    yes , apple are so crap that they can make $1.5 billion profit on $9 billion turnover

    while DELL made only $600 million on $45 billion turnover

     nuff said 

    popgear is grate™

  • 03-04-2008 5:13 AM In reply to

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    Re: steve wozniak ( apple co founder ) praises bang & olufsen !

    Just goes to show how much they're ripping people offWinkBig Smile

    Generally speaking, you aren't learning much if your lips are moving.

  • 03-04-2008 5:18 AM In reply to

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    Puncher:
    Just goes to show how much they're ripping people offWinkBig Smile

    I know you're aware of this, but it actually goes to show that their products are so attractive that people are willing to pay a premium to experience them. 

    Apple - 1:6
    Dell - 1:75
    B&O - 1:12.5 (rough calculation)
     

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