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Rumor mills are supposed to agonize people to such extend that they gaspingly and whiningly, will take every iPhone that comes out before November even though it only supports only 3G and has the inevitable 6 design - milked until its inverse weight - again.

That is, if Tim Cook serves it as new and revolutionary (just before people fall Zzz again) 

mainyehc said:

Objectively and geometrically speaking, the leaf design is way too similar and it’s on the same side. Also, its angle is similar, only mirrored. Apple does have a bit of a leg to stand on here, I’m afraid.

And no, I’m not (just) a fanboy, but a future PhD in design, and even an undergrad with a keen eye would spot the similarities right away… This isn’t much different from spotting plagiarism in typography, you just have to overlay the curves and see how well they match. Do you want me to?

Not necessarily.
I have a PhD in zoology and can tell you this resembles an aborted Panda bear rather than an Apple logo of any imaginable kind. 

lmasanti said:

My real question is Why they put this profile now?
(Other than blame Steve Jobs… preferred job of the WSJ.)

And I did not read anything about the WSJ recognising that ‘we totally missed the point about Tim when he took the helm in Apple.’

There is so many perspectives in which to see this. Yet there is one perspective that cannot be misunderstood: Steve wanted technological instead of financial leadership (and despised product milking & money tanking)

qwerty52 said:

AppleInsider said: Also unlike Jobs, who thought Apple's cash was best directed toward research and development, Cook is much more willing to return cash to investors.

For me, this is something, I would like to be opposite around.

Quite rightly so. Cook lost me in the beginning with his statement about pouring as much money out of customer pockets as possible (or something of that nature).
How would any product oriented employee at Apple get inspiration from this man (maybe some bookkeeper..) ?
This article proves his only distant interest in design, engineering, development. Transpiring into the rest of the oprganisation and translating into late or failed product launches for anything other than iPhone and the transition from trendsetting leadership towards just following others.
A man that probably gets more energy from sellling $45 plastic WatchBands than a brand new Mac design. 

What he stands for is supercapitalism by exploiting the less-educated masses and captivating them in the walled garden (symbolized by the SpaceShip). Apparently in a distant, ivory tower leadership style with interest in financial and PR aspects mostly.

I hope someone can explain Cupertino what common corporate regulations say:
No Bootcamp or Parallells => No windows solution => No Mac