From CounterNotions – Verizon CEO to Steve Jobs: Drop Dead

In an interview with The Financial Times yesterday, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg had this to say when asked about the competition posed by Apple’s iPhone:

“It’s very cool. And Steve Jobs eventually will get old… I like our chances.”

That’s got to be one of the most indelicate utterances by one CEO regarding another.

Ivan – you suck. I am glad I am not with Verizon, and if I can avoid it in the future, I will. But then again, you might not still be there. You look like you have already gotten old. Steve looks much than you age-wise. And I bet you would be crapping yourself to have an exclusive iphone deal. Pwned.

From Homotron:

Before you say, “He could’ve meant Apple and its popularity will get old!” I’ll say, “Look at that again. Did he say Apple will get old? The iPhone will get old? No. He said Steve Jobs the person will get old. Yes, we get old and die.”

Stupid, stupid, stupid. While I agree with Seidenberg’s assessment that the iPhone will not, in fact, dominate all cellular phones ever, I also think he’s posturing, trying to sound like a big man with lots of curly browns on his chest. He also says something about a conspiracy but frankly, I’d lost interest by that point.

So far Ivan has my vote for Jackass of the year. Beating Balmer, that’s no small feat.