Quote of the day: Steve Jobs to get 'hosed' in 2006

USA Today technology columnist Kevin Maney predicts that sometime in 2006, "Steve Jobs will probably get hosed."

"That's not so much a prediction as it is playing the odds. Nobody in America gets such a long ride on the oh-we-sooooo-adore-you bandwagon," Maney wrote in a column posted Tuesday night. "For that reason, Jobs' popularity will be one development to watch in 2006."

USA Today column joke?

Kind of a joke, right? In my line of work, USA Today columns, even if they are "technology" columns, are NOT technology news.

Connie Abeln
Technical Architect
@ one of the big telcos

[Taylor Martin]

What Da?

Could someone please tell me what is so important about what
some columnist said about some CEO? Where's the NEWS in that?

[edgedesign]

Additional kudos more likely.

Apple is just getting warmed up...

With the prospects of an Apple PVR/DVR media center, iPhone,
continued iPod innovations and Intel inside computers that can run
multiple operating systems (OS X, Windows, Linux), I believe Steve-
O can make it a few more years without getting 'hosed'.

Word.

Steve > tech industry.

Simple, 2006 is going to be amazing for Apple. I knew I should have bought stock int he company four years ago when I switched. Although, I was poor and couldn't afford to buy stock. Now that I'm making a decent living, the stock has gone way up!

[Dineshbabu]

Where is the prediction?

If you are talking about the last line of the post which says about someone finding malicious software in iTunes then there is no prediction at all! The rest of the post is some rambling on what generally is happening in the Techworld. He just captioned it with a catchy title to attract readers!

[rlevit]

Steve Jobs popularity

Yes, he keeps coming out with such lousy and unpopular hardware
and software.

[dezago]

worst story read all day

I think that this was quite possibly the worst "news" article I have read all day and quite possibly all week. I really did not expect something like that from USA Today. There was no basis for anything in that column. It sounded instead more like an amateur tech blog that a junior high student could have written just by doing a headline search on google.

[mcepat]

oh boy the Apple Trolls are crying already

waaa waaa, don't speak about our god like that Steve Jobs can do no wrong ever, I mean ever.

he does one thing wrong, manages to sell propietary music players that can only purchase music from a propietary music store that only allows one player to use its service. And makes machines that come bundled with all there own applications which hurts third party app makers.

gimme a frigan break

APPLE=SIMPLE HOLD YOUR HAND OS FOR SIMPLE PEOPLE

sorry gotta go, here come the trolls

[shanewalker]

Crying all the way to the BAAAANNNNKKKK!

My Apple stock is up over 700%.

Nobody needed to hold my hand on that one...I did the math all by
my wittle self.

[lesfilip]

Wrong, Buddy...

The iPod is not a "proprietary" music player. It will play mp3s
and many other formats just fine. Just not WMA, which is... yes...
proprietary.

iTunes was derived from a third party app that Apple bought.
Doesn't sound like they got "hurt" in the process of raking in
some buyout money.

iTunes is free for Windows and Mac. It works with more players
than just the iPod. You can look at the Apple web site yourself if
you don't believe me. The only restriction is on those songs
purchased through the Music Store, which can only be played on
the iPod or on your computer. Then again, your WMA files
behave the same way... they only play where Napster wants them
to.

So there, YOU gimme a friggin' break, little troll boy!

Bundled software?

Wow. Talk about WINDOWS FANBOY.

You do realize any app that comes with OS X can be thrown in the trash and never used again, right? Oh, wait, you don't because you're a windows fanboy.

Proprietary music format? Yeah, like Apple is the only one. But wait, what's that? There's no one in the automobile industry that supports Creative Zen players? There's more support from third party hardware and accessory makers that make products for the iPod than any other device? Wait a second, you mean to tell me that you can use music you already owned in iTunes, have the sleekest interface, most options, and least costly legal music downloads around with an Apple product?!

Yeah, that's what I thought.

Go back to your cave, troll.

[protagonistic]

oh boy the Apple Trolls are crying already

Can you say Command Line? But then you are probably using
Windows so CLI is most likely an unknown term to you. As for your
remark about simple people using OS X, I was probably working
with computers while you were still in diapers. And most of the flak
is from people trying to figure out how the article is news.

re: Apple Trolls

Oh, and let's not forget that Apple actually makes hardware and
software products that actually WORK!

[godseyesore]

Simple people

hey pot, don speaka zeish vay learn good english grmmr no whut i
men, dude.

The only troll here is you moron

A powerful, elegant, intuitive, easy-to-use, attractive, flexible, and
easy-to-develop-for operating system that delivers
groundbreaking applications and the best computing experience
ever is just more than some people can handle.

I said it before and I'll say it again...

Ignorance is bliss.

[Earl Benser]

I didn't know that...

... dweebs could type, much less spell. Learn something new every
day.....

[The user with no name]

lol

you get a point for your comment being a self fullfilling prophecy.... though of course when you post a wide ranging insult it is bound to get those who oppose it to respond...so you lose two points for the bait.

BUT really, all this Apple V MS high school playground ******** is getting old so I guess I need to find a different site where people actually want to TALK about stuff instead of being FANBOYS (OF ANY O/S)

peace out losers

[John Scott Blair]

AAAAAAGGGHHHH

Alright mate, I'm gonna rip into you, because I'm young, and
dumb, and full of ***. If you want to talk about Proprietary we
could bring up the horror that is wma, and wmv. and
APPLE=SIMPLE HOLD YOUR HAND OS FOR SIMPLE PEOPLE

look, maybe I don't want to have to trouble shoot my machine
everytime I open an e-mail, or play a video, or download porn.
Don't know about you, but I am not fond of Virus's or spam, or
the blue screen of death, so skip the chatter, you know you'll be
a switcher whence comes the MACTEL. Mac OSX already has
been shown to run on peecee hardware, and actually
benchmarks are shown that it works comparably better on the
laptop platform. So speak your mind of your rubbish, but pay
no mind when suddenly all of your peecees get infected with the
cease and desist virus and fall apart. Windows = Weakness.
Unix = Strength. Mac= Pretty Unix ;)

ps please do not
speak hearsay against our god, he's the only one we've got, and
we can't afford to replace him, the republican's don't allow
cloning. ;)

[kadad]

Steve Jobs ...

I think Mr Maney is just suffering from sour grapes. I believe that accidents happen along the line of least resistance. Clearly, with Jobs that is north.

My 2 cts.

T

[jamesegbert]

And this helps me how?

Really, I guess with the impending Holiday weekends just around the corner, some writers just throw anything up on the screen to get out of the office early! I work at a large market news paper and I know how it is!

But, Please! Write something slightly inteligent and note worthy.

[Seaspray0]

Right on

I agree with you. It was short and transparent. A trend does not support the specifics stated in that article. I've not used the MAC, but I do understand the feelings of those that do as I once had an "underdog" computer from a maker that is no longer in existence. What the author doesn't understand is markets can work like an engine, not all pistons firing at the same time. So goes it with technology. Not everything is hot all the time. I think Mr. Jobs has done a good job of aligning the products to when they're hot and when they're not.

[Joe Blow]

I Predict Keven Maney and USA Today ...

have already been "hosed" for a very long time. Exactly what products have this non-being (much less non-journalist) and his management been responsible for developing and marketing? Next thing you know, they'll be dissing Bill Gates for being a rich nerd, or Larry Ellison for being a rich cad! Oh, the humanity!

C|Net, please obliterate this "article" and these posts, so that we can pretend that this all never happened (which, for all intents and purposes, hasn't, in the Big Scheme of Things).

It's a good thing it's a slow day here at my job, too, or I wouldn't have anything to rant about, either!

All the Best,
Joe Blow

[M C]

Quote of the Day: News.com to become even more news-free in 2006

...it would just continue the trend.

[osci]

Dude get a life!

This guy Kevin was sure one of those folks that could not had
access to the latest Apple event because he had no invitation at the
entrance and thats why his upset at Apple.. Please this column is so
wrong that should be banned from Cnet.. anyways these are the
kind of B"·$"$%%$t that we have to deal beacuse freedom of
speech.. dear readers, a word of advice ignore him.

Way to go Apple.!!

[protagonistic]

Steve Jobs to get 'hosed' in 2006

Reminds me of why I do not subscribe to USA Today. I think they
forgot it is "Newspaper" and not "Paper".

[Bellette]

Same Chance As Bill Gates Being Original & On Time.

It's the difference between Apple annoucing new software and new
innovative products and Microsoft annoucing what they hope to do
next year and how great and 'Rich' it's going to be.

Apple actually does it, Microsoft actually don't.

Ross/.

Very well said!!

Thank you.

[Carlco]

popularity the stakes have never been higher

we will see how much support apple and devs give old ppc
based systems on the release of intel based systems. Quite
frankly the worlds gone mad if you can patenet something as
ridiculous as a 3 pane browser window (ie itunes) apple do like
keeping hold of things, kind of reminds me of the seagull's in
nemo (mine! mine!) the way the mobile phone market is moving
on ipods without ability to browse the net or call your friends
will relegate it to another mp3 player. itunes will just be another
music store online 'thats a little more tricky to get to browse'.
Having said that, I believe that rather than losing popularity this
could be jobs' finest year yet, with the long anticipated wait of
the new bill gates offering being anything like XP's first release,
it could trigger a huge exodus from the windows platform, apple
and linux are now well positioned to take advantage of a much
more net / computer savvy user base. mr jobs better relise that
with power comes responsibility trying to control the entire
music world isn't going to happen if he would like to try and
start that little game he better make an offer on AOL-Time
Warner & Sony, then Apple may indeed stand a chance. Much
better to concentrate on his current user base because those
people are the best marketing force he's got. If or when
microsoft mess up (its so predictable isnt it?) job's needs to be
at the throat of bill showing off his happy user base and fully
integrated and seemless transition to intel. Its going to be an
interesting 2006 indeed.

[Carlco]

cnet web admin note

instead of writing these silly headlines how about you get off the
own brand walmart sherry and get your web site developers to fix
this annoying carriage return bug in this comment window!

[Earl Benser]

Add to that....

.... the unexplainably missing Jive Edit option which should have
come with the basic install disk........

The IT dept is making a sherry run to Wal-Mart.

They are all farmed out so it will be a matter of CNET finding the
phone number.

[pbdoetmee]

Frustrated?

Who the f... is Kevin Maney to predict anyones popularity going up or down? Is he nuts? Think so. Or maybe he is frustrated while his wife does not let him buy a Mac? Come on...!

[Bob Brinkman]

obviously

This guy has never read the CNET boards, I'm convncied Jobs could get caught eating infants and people would still worship him.

And don't start with the Windows/'nix/mac BS, I couldn't care less what OS you use.

[bertmg]

CNEt must have REAL articles to print

I consider this article a waste of my time. We want real news and if there is an opinion, we welcome them as long as they are intelligently backed up!!! what's up CNET?