Removing their products from the landing page to pay tribute to Steve.
Would Dell or Samsung do this? Genuine question.
Would Dell or Samsung do this? Genuine question.
Do you mean "[in a world where Samsung or Dell had a public personality like Steve Jobs] would they remove the products from their landing page?" or do you mean "[if Michael Dell died] would Dell remove their products from the landing page?"
If they had someone like Steve they definitely would. They don't, so it doesn't matter.
How about, if Tim Cook died, would Apple do the same?
EDIT: This was it: http://mashable.com/2010/03/18/jerome-york-tribute/
Second, money is not always everything. You know H&N the biggest New York tech shop -- multiple stores high, automated baskets flying everywhere, a product's catalog of 1,500 pages, things you can buy there that you didnt know exist. They always full easily making half a mil in profit a day. You know they close their doors every single Friday for religious purposes, regardless of what their customers think.
B&N is the book stop.
B&H is the tech stop.
It's certainly a touching tribute, but let's not act like Apple is sacrificing significant revenue (which is looks like some people are assuming).
The letter from Cook brings the spotlight back onto Apple's products.
/endrant
The video was really good though :)