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They should have asked when the iPhone 5 is coming out Plus: very sneaky for the council to ask for free wifi, ipads, more apple stores, donations for schools

• yardie 15y ago
  Could have been worse. They could have requested hookers and blow. And donations wired to an offshore account :-)
• JanezStupar 15y ago
  Sneaky? It was slimy if you ask me. Their job is to represent the best interest of community. Building this campus may indeed be in the best interest of community. But there is no need for them to wag their tails and squeal at Jobs like they did. The guy on the left at managed to pretended that he knows why he is there. But I must admit that I have no clue how I would react after having mind blown like that.
• swombat 15y ago
  An architect friend of mine commented: "they always ask for free wifi". He also said that it's amazing salesmanship on Steve Jobs' part to have pitched this and basically given nothing to the council. Most councils manage to squeeze all sorts of concessions from even large multinationals (e.g. banks in the UK). Steve gave them, basically, nothing - not even free wifi. If they'd been more savvy they could probably have had their free wifi and Apple store - it's cheaper to Apple than relocating 10k employees to another city and drawing all the plans again from scratch. Steve may be known for holding grudges, but he's also a relatively rational businessman.
  • hugh3 15y ago
    If they'd been more savvy they could probably have had their free wifi and Apple store - it's cheaper to Apple than relocating 10k employees to another city and drawing all the plans again from scratch. Steve may be known for holding grudges, but he's also a relatively rational businessman. Yes and no. You don't necessarily want to play chicken with Steve Jobs' ego. Cupertino is lucky to have Apple -- Cupertino knows it, and Apple knows it. If they start giving him a hard time getting his building approved then he's not going to knock down Infinite Loop, but he could well start entertaining offers from neighbouring cities which would no doubt fall over themselves to get the second Appleplex.
    • panacea 15y ago
      Speaking of his ego. He must be pissed that he couldn't get that small patch of real estate in the lower left corner. The neighbours have made a powerful enemy ;]
      • jarek 15y ago
        If you take a closer look at the area, you can see they'll actually houses rather than office parks. They actually appear impressively dense by California standards. It's a lot harder to buy people's houses than a corporation's floors.
        • panacea 15y ago
          You're right (well they look like pretty nice apartment complexes) Streetview: http://goo.gl/3Qdhs http://goo.gl/3Qdhs Property prices just went waaay up there. Cash in and sell/lease to Apple employees, I'd imagine.
          • bvhnw 15y ago
            Not to mention the new apricot trees.
        • henryl 15y ago
          It's the Hamptons Apartment complex. I currently live here.
          • hugh3 15y ago
            Ooh, looking forward to your backyard becoming an enormous donut-shaped construction site?
            • furyg3 15y ago
              Hopefully he owns his apartment, and is looking forward to the value of his house tripling...
• uvdiv 15y ago
  Nothing sneaky, they're very open about their extortion racket.
• Tycho 15y ago
  The scene played out like something from The Fountainhead.