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Right on time!]]>Jan 16th 2009 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/
Glad I read the comments so I could skip over Jobs' seance.]]>Jan 17th 2009 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/Jan 16th 2009 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/Jan 16th 2009 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/Jan 16th 2009 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/Jan 16th 2009 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/Jan 16th 2009 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/Jan 16th 2009 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/Jan 16th 2009 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/Vista was a public beta as well:
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/06/08/windows-vista-beta-2-available-now/

Microsoft has public betas for a lot of their products]]>Jan 18th 2009 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/
You guys spent about 25 minutes on it. And I'm sick of this high-minded bullsh*t from a bunch of tech pubs who say they're appalled by this, but gladly take the traffic and google juice these types of stories bring. Being a journalist means sometimes you have to ask tough questions and cover difficult subjects. If you don't like it, leave. ]]>Jan 16th 2009 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/Jan 17th 2009 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/Jan 17th 2009 3:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/Jan 17th 2009 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/engadget-podcast-129-01-16-2009/I'm new to the podcast, and I have some thoughts about Steve Jobs' illness:
While his illness should be private, he often made the company more about "himself" than about the larger company. While there are thousands of employees in Apple, all the normal people saw (like me) was Steve - at Macworld. It really was about his personality, and that's a culture that he cultivated. So, to me he does have an additional level of responsibility to his shareholders than most CEOs would when it comes to disclosure about your health.
That being said, somewhere in the broadcast the Steve worship seemed to end and you suggested that even with Jobs out of Apple "for now," the creativity and culture at Apple would surely produce more winners. But I'm not sure it's just about Jobs' amazing vision. I think a lot of it has to do with the very power of his personality. In a large corporation, there are often a plethora of great ideas, and incredible jockeying to get every one into the device - even though they often conflict with one-another. Did you ever wonder how so many great companies can make so many terrible devices? They're not all that dumb. But corporate culture is such that no one stepped forward, put his foot down and said, "This is how it's going to be." At least not someone who should have. That - to the best of my understanding - is the most important thing that Jobs does. He's the final word. That's it. What he wants is what gets made. Sometimes it's an AppleTV - snooze - but more often it's the iPod.
And without Jobs at Apple, who's going to be that guy, when everyone there is jockeying to take his place. Not a good situation.]]>Jan 19th 2009 12:21PM