APPLE: A Modern Day Willy Wonka Story
Monday, October 12, 2009 at 11:42AM Yes, I just called everyone who works at Apple an Oompa Loompa, but I digress:
I was reading Brooke Crothers’ story on the Apple ‘gag’ order [1] and couldn’t help but think of how Apple has created an almost similar situation. Everyone wants to know what Apple is up to, can’t stop talking about it. Buzz Out Loud [2] even had people call and email asking them to see if they could do a show without mentioning Apple or the iPhone. According to Brooke’s article, people are afraid for their very jobs (pun?) even in the mentioning of Apple. What’s behind the curtains at Apple? Is Steve Jobs going to send out 5 golden Apple Tablets? Probably not, but I can’t shake the image of Steve coming out on stage to do one of his presentations with a cane and doing a fake fall to the podium.
So I pose this crucial question to you, the reader: Who plays the part of Slugworth?
[1] http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10372535-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Reader Comments (3)
If Steve Jobs were Willy Wonka, then the only plausible solution for Slugworth is Steve Wozniak, since he is basically the number 2 guy in the equation. Well..
It could be "Mr. Cook" (shown from this article: Steve Job's little known right hand man) but then we would just run into a whole different tale now wouldn't we.. (i.e. captain cook)
You can't digress in the first sentence of a body of writing.
Uh, I know everyone hates to hear this, but HTC is Slugsworth, and Google are their "spies".