Comments on: Scandal: A rash of fake Steve Jobs e-mails, maybe http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/06/scandal-a-rash-of-fake-steve-jobs-e-mails-maybe/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:00:10 -0500 hourly 1 By: Thomas Beck http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/06/scandal-a-rash-of-fake-steve-jobs-e-mails-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-876028 Thomas Beck Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:00:29 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=40183#comment-876028 Why do you write an article about an... article? And you did nothing else but write about what they wrote about? Don't you think people can just as well hop over to the original article and read that instead? Should I post an article writing about how you wrote an article writing about another article? Why do you write an article about an… article? And you did nothing else but write about what they wrote about? Don’t you think people can just as well hop over to the original article and read that instead? Should I post an article writing about how you wrote an article writing about another article?

]]> By: Avon B7 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/06/scandal-a-rash-of-fake-steve-jobs-e-mails-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-875119 Avon B7 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:59:07 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=40183#comment-875119 I have to agree. They may be fake but you can't base the reasoning on such flawed points. Aaron has explained it well so I won't expand. I have to agree. They may be fake but you can’t base the reasoning on such flawed points. Aaron has explained it well so I won’t expand.

]]> By: Aaron P. http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/06/scandal-a-rash-of-fake-steve-jobs-e-mails-maybe/comment-page-1/#comment-874570 Aaron P. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:10:34 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=40183#comment-874570 I'm not buying it. Do these people honestly believe that ONLY Steve wrote these official messages/memos they used for comparision? Surely the MobileMe email and the two memos mentioned were read by several copy editors (and at the very least, an assistant or two) to ensure proper grammar, spelling, sentence structure, etc. These little 2-3 lines emails that Steve sends to people personally from time to time surely don't have nearly the scrutiny applied to them as an official communication from Apple. IMO, the whole premise of their comparisons are false--you can't compare casual written text to "official memo" written text. That's like comparing the grammar someone uses in asking their friends out for dinner with the email they sent out earlier in the day detailing the company's goals for the upcoming year. They're likely to be drastically different. I’m not buying it. Do these people honestly believe that ONLY Steve wrote these official messages/memos they used for comparision? Surely the MobileMe email and the two memos mentioned were read by several copy editors (and at the very least, an assistant or two) to ensure proper grammar, spelling, sentence structure, etc.

These little 2-3 lines emails that Steve sends to people personally from time to time surely don’t have nearly the scrutiny applied to them as an official communication from Apple.

IMO, the whole premise of their comparisons are false–you can’t compare casual written text to “official memo” written text. That’s like comparing the grammar someone uses in asking their friends out for dinner with the email they sent out earlier in the day detailing the company’s goals for the upcoming year. They’re likely to be drastically different.

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