Glaser on iTunes among "dumbest moments in business"
updated 09:05 am EST, Thu February 10, 2005
Dumbest moments in biz 04
Business 2.0 has ranked seventh among "the 101 dumbest moments in business" in 2004. "In April, [Glaser] ... e-mails Steve Jobs suggesting that he open the iPod to other purveyors of digital music. The e-mail is immediately leaked to the New York Times. ... Glaser launches an online petition urging Apple to open up. He quickly pulls the petition offline when he discovers that most of the signers have left strident pro-Apple comments. ... Not backing down, Glaser offers a software hack that allows iPods to play songs purchased from Real. ... It turns out that if Real is acting like a hacker, it's not a particularly talented one: Several Real customers report that the software fills their screens with ads and crashes their computers. In November an Apple software update blocks the hack.
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actually...
...they gave them 7th, 8th and 9th for a trifecta of foolishness. Very funny stuff, indeed!