This bugs me...
A PC friend of mine sent me this link and I read it. <a href="http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/showtell/story/0,24330,3328849,00.html"; target="_blank">http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/showtell/story/0,24330,3328849,00.html</a>;
It's about Steve Jobs and all that stuff. Is all of this true and is still like that? Dunno, this just bugged me. I'm getting a Mac in a few months, I still am no matter what, that just bugged me though, but can someone brighten my spirits?
[ 03-12-2002: Message edited by: foneroot ]</p>
It's about Steve Jobs and all that stuff. Is all of this true and is still like that? Dunno, this just bugged me. I'm getting a Mac in a few months, I still am no matter what, that just bugged me though, but can someone brighten my spirits?
[ 03-12-2002: Message edited by: foneroot ]</p>
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For reference, see:
Apple Confidential
The Second Coming of Steve Jobs
On the Firing Line: My 500 days at Apple
And there was one other book that I read about Apple but I can't quite remember, but it was printed in 1987 or so and had a bio of Steve and his childhood etc.
Steve was a complete loser in high school. He was egotistical, harsh, and very intimidating. He is still like that, even though he has matured. Now employees joke about how they don't want to get in an elevator with Steve for fear of losing their job. One time the board was reviewing a candidate for hire, and Steve was extremely rude, asking if he was a virgin, stating that he looked like an IBM type, etc.
Steve also had problems with his friends and family. He dated a girl and she eventually got pregnant. Even though there was a 94% chance of the girl (named Lisa, no it is not related to the computer) being Steve Job's daughter, he refused to pay child support. Keep in mind that at this point Steve was a multi-millioniare.
Steve is not perfect. Far from it...he is a great visionary, but it's his way or the highway.
annoying nitpick
Bill Gates doesn't own Microsoft completely, he shares ownership with a few thousand shareholders.
/annoying nitpick
<a href="http://www.woz.org/letters/general/91.html"; target="_blank">http://www.woz.org/letters/general/91.html</a>;
Someone else can probably remember this better than me, but I believe Apple paid Xerox for the mouse-based GUI. I don't think MS ever paid Apple or Xerox anything.
So Gates' statement that Apple stole the GUI from Xerox just like MS stole it, is unfair.
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I looked it up and found <a href="http://www.mackido.com/Interface/ui_history.html?print"; target="_blank">this link.</a>
Apparently Xerox got a bunch of Apple stock in exchange for allowing Jobs et al. to visit Xerox PARC and talk to the engineers there. They also make the point that many of the features of the Mac OS were different from the ones Xerox was using, and that Apple was already working on similar ideas before visiting Xerox.
[ 03-12-2002: Message edited by: BRussell ]</p>
... If all goes as planned one day I will replace him ...
then apple will be a really cool company! I promise...
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microsoft however ripped apples GUI hardcore...if the macintosh had been released and Msoft Hadn't gotten to rip the GUI than there would probably be ALOT more apple computers out there right now.