Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 3rd Oct 2012 22:41 UTC
"Regarding the speech, it is amazing to hear Steve Jobs talk about some things that were not fully realized until only a handful of years ago. This talks shows us just how incredibly ahead of his time he was. I've listened to the entirety of the recording a few times now and have taken extensive notes, of which I will further elaborate on in future blog postings." This 1983 speech by Jobs is not as visionary as it seems. It's virtually identical to Alan Kay's mind-blowing Dynabook vision... From 1968. Kay even describes multitouch (p. 8) and Siri (p. 6). Not entirely coincidentally, Kay joined Apple in 1984. Look people, Steve Jobs was an incredibly talented individual that left a real imprint on the world - you don't need to make him larger than he was.
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RE[4]: Steve Jobs could be very wrong too
by karunko on Thu 4th Oct 2012 13:22
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NexT computers were just too damn expensive to sell in large enough volumes to make it worth their while anymore.
Given the period I doubt that offerings from SUN, HP and DEC were that much cheaper, but of course those companies were well entrenched in that market segment and NeXT was the newcomer.
However, I wouldn't dismiss the fact that x86 was getting "good enough" and much cheaper, BSD was certainly a viable option and a little thing called Linux was just around the corner. I'm neither an hater, nor a fanatic, but facts are facts.
I really think Job's was obsessed with the notion of perfecting a product that could sell in high volume _with_ high margins... Gutting the NexT and making it price competitive doesn't jive with that goal.
Definitely, but let's put it this way: he didn't manage to pull it off with NeXT but succeeded with Apple, which sort of contradicts his "Great Salesman" fame -- at least in my book.
Anyway, I don't want to give the wrong impression, so I'll stop here -- imagine we were discussing this in front a couple of beers! ;-)
RT.
RE[5]: Steve Jobs could be very wrong too
by arpan on Thu 4th Oct 2012 20:13
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/13/13 14:35 UTC
The third and final WWDC product I want to talk about is - of course - OS X 10.9 Mavericks. While iOS 7 was clearly the focus of this year's WWDC, its venerable desktop counterpart certainly wasn't left behind. Apple announced OS X 10.9 Mavericks, the first OS X release not to carry the name of a big cat.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/11/13 17:07 UTC
We already talked about iOS 7 yesterday (after a night of sleep, it's only looking worse and worse - look at this, for Fiona's sake!), so now it's time to talk about the downright stunning and belly flutters-inducing new Mac Pro. As former owner and huge, huge, huge fan of the PowerMac G4 Cube - I haven't been this excited about an Apple product since, well, I would say the iMac G4. This is the Apple I used to love.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/10/13 23:13 UTC
Apple held its big keynote event thing at WWDC earlier this evening, but since I was away with friends I've had to read up on it later in the evening. The company announced iOS 7, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, and they gave a preview of the new Mac Pro. Especially the Mac Pro impressed me, and while iOS 7's new Holo/Metro-inspired theme looks messy and garish to me, I do commend Apple for finally breaking the mold. This news item will focus on iOS 7 - I'll dive into the Mac Pro and OS X 10.9 tomorrow (it's late here now).
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/08/13 14:57 UTC
And yes, the PRISM scandal is far, far from over. More and more information keeps leaking out, and the more gets out, the worse it gets. The companies involved have sent out official statements - often by mouth of their CEOs - and what's interesting is that not only are these official statements eerily similar to each other, using the same terms clearly designed by lawyers, they also directly contradict new reports from The New York Times. So, who is lying?
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/07/13 11:40 UTC
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I wasn't really criticizing, just pointing out the obvious truth: even the most brilliant man can be wrong at times.
Oh, no doubt. G4 Cube... Hockey Puck Mouse...
They simply ran out of money (investors fleed). Jobs didn't see any upside in dropping the cash it would take to bankroll NexT further as a hardware company, so they changed strategy and became a software company. My point was simply that it wasn't because the workstation market got soft - it didn't. NexT computers were just too damn expensive to sell in large enough volumes to make it worth their while anymore.
I really think Job's was obsessed with the notion of perfecting a product that could sell in high volume _with_ high margins... Gutting the NexT and making it price competitive doesn't jive with that goal. He didn't really crack that nut until he went back to Apple.