"The meeting fully booked with Apple, I contacted the AOL executives â whom we were still deep in negotiations with â so they could be involved. It only seemed fair; they came to us first, and maybe this Apple meeting would make them want to snatch us up all the quicker. Except, their schedules were booked. They couldn't make it â at all. Those crazy business people, I tell you! All those Palm Pilots and not a pixel of free time on the calendaring screen.
Thus, I had to cancel the meeting with Apple. AOL couldn't make it, I said. Maybe we can reschedule?
The meeting with Apple never took place. Hmm.. I wonder what it was all about?"
My jaw dropped at that point. Later in the article:
""You guys remember the last time we tried to meet with you? It was actually because we wanted you guys to make iTunes," explained Phil."
"The meeting fully booked with Apple, I contacted the AOL executives â whom we were still deep in negotiations with â so they could be involved. It only seemed fair; they came to us first, and maybe this Apple meeting would make them want to snatch us up all the quicker. Except, their schedules were booked. They couldn't make it â at all. Those crazy business people, I tell you! All those Palm Pilots and not a pixel of free time on the calendaring screen.
Thus, I had to cancel the meeting with Apple. AOL couldn't make it, I said. Maybe we can reschedule?
The meeting with Apple never took place. Hmm.. I wonder what it was all about?"
My jaw dropped at that point. Later in the article:
""You guys remember the last time we tried to meet with you? It was actually because we wanted you guys to make iTunes," explained Phil."
Now that's just painful.