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trentnix • yesterday at 4:10 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

Yes, the MBAs won’t like it. But maybe, once in a while, companies should do things because they are cool and not because it clears some threshold on a magic spreadsheet.

I’d even settle for Apple opening up the Music app so I can upload music to my iPhone from Linux. But once again, that doesn’t make the spreadsheet sparkle.


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sethops1 • yesterday at 10:56 PM

Lenovo did a 25th anniversary edition just because.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkPad_Anniversary_Edition_2...

dijit • yesterday at 7:41 PM

They did that once.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/108935

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reaperducer • yesterday at 9:09 PM

maybe, once in a while, companies should do things because they are cool and not because it clears some threshold on a magic spreadsheet.

The ghost of Steve Jobs has spoken.