Nice piece on ArsTechnica about how all Apple employees who’ve been with the company for more than a year are getting a free iPhone in July.
Well, there’s more to it than that, but that’s the part technophiles will drool over first. In the company-wide meeting, Apple honcho Steve Jobs called iPhone the third leg on the Apple chair (Mac and iPod being the first two). A staffer asked if the iPhone would cannibalize iPod sales. According to Ars Technica’s notes, Jobs responded that if Apple were to be cannibalized, he’d prefer Apple to do it.
Er…Steve-o…first of all, the only way Apple can be cannibalized is by itself. Second, what does this do to your three-legged chair metaphor if the second leg is all chewed up. Third, what’s the deal with the three-legged chair?
I read somewhere else (engadget iirc) that he hinted at Apple TV being the fourth leg.
Google “three legged stool metaphor” and you will see that it is pretty common. A three legged stool is always stable (the same can not be said of a four legged chair). That’s why it is used (plus you have one less leg to think of when making up your silly metaphor).
Lucky Apple employees. I got other ways to get my iPhone for free though :D
Dave - we know that Apple chair is a fake. The real three legged Apple chair is mostly clear acrylic and white with brushed aluminum accents…with the seat starting to melt because someone left a running powerbook on it with the battery touching.
p.s. - funniest mobilecrunch piece I have read in a while
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Er, sorry Dave-o… cannibals are people who eat people. You’re thinking of the fox that chews its foot off to escape the trapper.
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