| Todd Allcock 2008-01-22, 10:33 pm |
| At 22 Jan 2008 22:41:05 +0000 Dennis Ferguson wrote:
> Boy, I don't see it that way at all. What I see is a losing
> competitor attempting to diminish an announcement which had attracted
> some interest by blabbing about talks that were certainly intended to
> be kept private in an attempt to make the case that they'd been clever
> not to take that deal (which really suggests to me that they were
> motivated by worry that they'd been stupid not to pursue the deal).
To be fair, the undue amount of press surrounding the AT&T iPhone deal
probably prompted a response.
> This is a low class act that it speaks for itself and needs no
> public response.
The VPs quote was measured and appropriate- it was PC (didn't knock the
product, AT&T or Apple.)
> In fact it demands no response; a response would
> only suggest that you actually care what Verizon thinks, and wrestling
> with pigs will only get you dirty too.
That's an interesting take on it that I'd agree with if this wasn't AT&T we
were talking about! The same AT&T, wo, despite having an "open network"
already, followed Verizon's "open network" pledge with their own, and who
announced the availability of a 3G iPhone be ore Apple did! ;-)
> Of course, I could be wrong since I have no particular information
> beyond the article itself, but then again, neither do you.
Agreed. It's fun to speculate though.
> To be
> clear what the job of the Verizon VP quoted in that article (and
> apparently its source) is, however, here's a quote...
<snip "closed-is-better" quote>
That was priceless! Thanks for the chuckle. To be fair, I've never heard
of a Verizon kiddie-porn spam incident so he must've been right! ;-)
> This requires no response either (especially when I look at how high
> Verizon's revenue and profit from handset sales is compared to its
> GSM competitors). This was, of course, before Verizon decided an
> open phone network was a good thing.
I'm still surprised AT&T didn't take the bait. They rarely show any
restraint.
> In any case, I don't think we'll ever know anything more about this
> until someone at Apple writes a book.
Fair enough!
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