A business writing example from Steve Job

To follow up my thought in the previous blog post...

This is a quote from the same web page I linked in which a point presented by a CEO I consider to be quite enlightening:

The survey found that advanced technology in the workplace plays a significant role. "With the fast pace of today's electronic communications, one might think that the value of fundamental writing skills has diminished in the workplace," said Joseph M. Tucci, president and CEO of EMC Corporation and chairman of the Business Roundtable's Education and the Workforce Task Force. "Actually, the need to write clearly and quickly has never been more important than in today's highly competitive, technology-driven global economy."


To illustrate Tucci's point, I couldn't think of a better example than the one just been released by Steve Job. He elaborates the reasons why he does not allow Flash software to run on all Apple's mobile platform. Without taking side with either Adobe or Apple, I feel Job made a compelling case for an important business decision -- all in writing. The article can be used as a good reading and writing material for business and technology students too. For most of you, please pardon me for being quite technical this time; I won't do it again :-)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20003742-264.html?tag=rtcol;inTheNewsNow