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From: murlocker@water.UUCP (M. Urlocker)
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Subject: Re: Steve Jobs versus his child
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Date: Thu, 10-Oct-85 19:32:41 EDT
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> > >In the category of terminal bigness, dumbness, and arrogance:  Jobs'
> > >enthusiasm for closed architecture, and his insistence that the only
> > >developers Apple would give the time of day to were the big ones
> > >(Microsoft, Lotus, etc.), takes a bigger cake than anything done by
> > >the surviving Apple management.
> > >
    ...

> > Ditto.  However unfortunate the circumstances were that led to Jobs' 
> > dismissal, the fact remains that he attempted to target the business 
> > market with the Mac without listening to what business users wanted.
> > Apple management appears willing now to opening the Mac's architecture,
> > a move which will certainly improve the Mac's market potential.
> > 
> > 
   ...
> 
> Personally, I wish Mr. Jobs all the luck in the world.  Apple was started to
> get computers to the people, and now they're just a business, like everyone
> else.  Too bad.

All this comes down to the same old argument: Can you build a good "hack"
*and* make a buck.  A lot of people think the two goals are mutually exclusive.
Jobs didn't.  If you were out to bring a computer "to the people" *and* make
money, wouldn't you maximize your likelihood of success by courting the most
successfull software developers?  Would you bet the farm on some unknowns in
a garage?  Or would you hedge your bets and actively support those most likely 
to make good, and make info available to the others at their expense...

Admittedly, the closed architecture was a mistake on both points, but the
way the market was going, it probably seemed like a good idea at the time....

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