Apparently, he's just not big into the footwear scene. There has been some discussion about the image created for this Silicon Valley super deal. As alluded to above, an image can be worth a 1,000 words. With today's modern media, it can be worth a billion. Often, an image can make or break an entire idea, movement, or cause.
Images are easy to recall.
The types of images I'm thinking of are ones like the shoes in Imelda's closet, Nixon flashing his victory sign, Lucy in the chocolate factory, Dukakis in that tank, the sailor kissing the nurse in Times Square, the Beatles all lined up and walking across the street, the space shuttle explosion with those two columns of smoke shooting off from either side. But in the future, it may be looked on as the end of Apple. Or the beginning of a new computer age. Either way, a powerful image was needed and it was delivered. The simplicity that so often eludes Microsoft was once again tossed together with an artistic clarity by Apple.