Not Flattered by Imitation
Posted on Wednesday, March 12th, 2003 at 21:00.
So I am cruising a particular creative Mac-user oriented web site and I see this advertisement for Apple’s Go to Mac OS X seminar.
Notice that Mr. Chuck Weger said, “It doesn’t quit, and it doesn’t crash, it just works,” in explaining why he switched to Apple’s Mac OS X. His quote sounds vaguely familiar to, "It doesn’t crash, it doesn’t freeze. Everything just works," spoken by yours truly in my nationally aired Apple Switch commercial released in September 2002. So instead of being creative in advertising why creative firms should move to Mac OS X, Mr. Chuck Weger "borrowed" my words uncreatively. Actually, he stole my concept and applied inferior language. (Applications do quit when you intentionally quit the application or use the keyboard shortcut of Command+Q within the application. Mr. Chuck Weger probably polluted my concept accidentally in his attempt to share the glory of my wondrous words.) I forgive him for ruining my concept. I just want to know when I will receive my first royalty check from his unauthorized use of my genius.
Sandee Cohen, also participating in this particular Apple Seminar, is a sweetie. Too bad Mr. Chuck Weger is more acerbic than an Altoid Sour.
