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"Coffee and dessert?" Brian was dumbfounded, and subconsciously asked, "To those protesters outside?" ”

"Is there anything wrong?" Comrade Lao Qiao asked rhetorically. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"No...... It's just ......" Brian opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a while: those people outside are protesting against you and opposing you, and you didn't drive them away to give them face, and gave them coffee and dessert?

"Brian, I know what you mean," Comrade Old Joe patted Brian on the shoulder, sighed, and said: "It's right that they came to protest, but they are also our most loyal customers, and now Apple, the only thing left is these loyal customers, whether Apple can revive and rise again depends largely on these people, now, do you still think it is a loss to send them some coffee and desserts?" ”

"Okay," Brian finally nodded with a wry smile, "Since you're going to do this, I'll arrange it." ”

Brian was very reluctant, a few years ago, when Apple's conditions were good, coffee and desserts were available in unlimited quantities, as long as employees needed it, they could take it themselves at any time, but for nearly a year and a half, Apple fell into a state of continuous losses, in order to reduce the operating costs of the enterprise as much as possible, coffee and desserts began to be supplied in limited quantities, but in this case, Jobs still had to take out a batch of coffee and desserts to supply those protesters outside? The coffee and desserts that I took out are almost enough for the company to use for a week, right?

Depressed and depressed, Brian's execution was nothing to say, and it didn't take long for a batch of hot coffee and desserts to be delivered to the protesting crowd downstairs, and the coffee and dessert appeared in front of the crowd, as well as Old Joe, who had just had a short haircut.

Looking at the coffee and desserts in front of him, and then at the smiling old Joe in front of him, a group of protesters shouting slogans and waving slogans couldn't help but look at each other: What is the situation?

"Gentlemen, ladies, I already know your intentions," Comrade Lao Qiao motioned to the staff to send the coffee and dessert as soon as possible, while saying: "I know that everyone is here for the Newton handheld computer project, I want to say that it is precisely because of your best partners that Apple can come to this day, your concern for Apple touches me, why can't we sit together, like old friends, while drinking coffee and snacks, while chatting about this matter?" ”

Drinking coffee and eating snacks while chatting about Newton's handheld computer project? Well, although these protesters came with a belly full of anger, and even before they came, everyone had reached an agreement that we would never compromise with Jobs unless he agreed to our decision to stop canceling the Newton PDA project, but when Jobs appeared in front of them with dessert and coffee, these guys found that their attitude towards Jobs was still very useful......

"Perhaps...... Can we really sit together like friends and have a good talk? Someone whispered in the crowd of protesters.

"That's right, we're here to find a solution...... words were immediately affirmed by those on the sidelines.

"Then ...... Talk about? ”

"Let's talk about it......"

They don't care about the coffee and desserts, Jobs's attitude makes them feel very comfortable, they feel valued, and that's what makes them feel the most gratifying, and to tell the truth, the people who can afford to use the Newton handheld computer are basically all highly educated and high-quality elites, compared to those idlers who go to protest on the street, they actually value their opinions to be valued by the other party.

Jobs kept smiling at the people in front of him, waiting for them to come to a final conclusion without impatience, and after about five or six minutes, someone finally stood in front of Jobs: "Mr. Jobs, my name is Andrea, I am the organizer of this event, where are you going to talk to us?" ”

"Right here, Mr. Andrea," said Jobs, gesturing to his feet, "right here, you can tell me what you think, and I'll tell you why I'm doing it, and I think we'll always come to a consensus that will satisfy both of us." ”

Do we have a consensus that we can both be satisfied with? Andrea nodded noncommittally, and sat down without hesitation, while looking at Jobs demonstratively.

Jobs smiled slightly, didn't hesitate for even a second, and then sat in front of Andrea, and at the same time took a piece of honey cake from the staff and took a bite, and beckoned to the people around him: "Sit, everyone please sit, take whatever you like, take it yourself, don't be polite." ”

Ya is still anti-customer-oriented.

"Mr. Jobs, everyone on the scene is a loyal user of Newton PDA, and also a business elite in the United States, in our career, Newton PDA has played a big role, like our loyal dogs by our side, helping us, when you hear that you are going to cut the Newton PDA project, you can't imagine how disappointed we are, in our opinion, you are like a dog ready to kill us!"

Andrea's tone was fierce, but the people around her nodded approvingly.

Don't think that Andrea's description of Newton Pocket Computer as his dog is a derogatory term, in fact, this is a very high compliment to Newton Pocket Computer, what is a dog? Dog is synonymous with loyalty, and using a dog to describe Newton's handheld computer is definitely a very high rating, how many electronic products can deserve such praise?

"I understand, I am very considerate of your feelings," Jobs sighed, and said to Andrea sincerely: "In fact, when I made the decision to cut the Newton PDA project, my heart was also very painful, I know very well that the Newton PDA is a project with millions of users, but I want to say that the situation that Apple is facing now is very unoptimistic, and we must concentrate our limited efforts to do what we do best. The Newton handheld is a product that has not brought any profit to the company so far, and it is unlikely to bring any profit to Apple in the foreseeable future, everyone, you are all business elites, at this time, it is you who are replaced, what will you do? ”

Speaking of this, Jobs spread his hands and looked at everyone with a sincere face.

There was a sudden silence at the scene, and everyone fell into a strange state of silence.

As we said before, unlike those protesting in front of the White House and Congress, the crowd protesting at the door of Apple this time are all users of Newton handheld computers, and almost all of these users of Newton handheld computers are elites from all walks of life, more than half of whom work in large enterprises, so they naturally know that Apple's situation is very bad now, and they know that when a company is in a very disadvantageous situation, the best way is to divest non-performing assets. Prioritizing limited funds for the projects you are best at is the only way to make a comeback, and since Newton PDAs are a project that cannot generate profits, it is only natural that they should be axed. Almost instantly, everyone understood Jobs' choice.

But understanding is understanding, we are protesting as users today, is it possible to understand them, let's not protest? It's really confusing.

Looking at the tangled crowd in front of him, Jobs smiled, and the reaction on the scene was better than he imagined the best-case scenario: "Gentlemen, you may think that we have given up on the development of the Newton handheld computer project is an incredible move, as if the brain is broken, it is unimaginable, I don't lie, I think there must be many people here who have this idea." ”

There was a burst of laughter from the crowd, but wasn't that what happened? If it weren't for the incredible fact that Steve Jobs axed the Newton PDA project, how would everyone be here?

Jobs is also laughing: "What I want to tell you is that before and after the decision to axe the Newton PDA project, I was actually thinking about one question all the time, that is, do PDAs really work? Whether it's here or at Disney, or pixar, as far as I know, the number of people using this product reached 50 a year ago, but now it's down to less than 10, what does that mean? ”

Without waiting for the person in front of him to respond, Jobs waved his hand vigorously, "This shows that the rise and fall of this kind of thing is very fast, this is like a concept product, it looks beautiful, but when you really get your hands on it, you will find that it is actually far from as beautiful as you imagined, gentlemen, you are also users of newton handhelds, but ask yourself, do you really think that newton handhelds have reached the definition of handheld computers in your minds?" ”

The crowd became more and more silent, and when they heard Jobs's words, the crowd couldn't help but ask themselves: yes, can the Newton handheld meet their definition of a handheld computer?

The answer came almost immediately: no!

Newton's handheld computer is far from the definition of a handheld computer.

"But Mr. Jobs, limited to the current level of technology, the current Newton handheld computer can not meet our requirements, but as long as Apple continues to invest and go deeper, I think you will be able to produce handheld computer products that we are satisfied with." Suddenly, someone said loudly. r1152

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