No he would not. Tim Cook became CEO while Steve was still alive, based on Steve’s recommendation to the board of directors.
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Steve Jobs' Iconic Speech at Stanford Now Available in Higher Quality
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He was the soul of Apple. His absence is strongly felt. RIP.
"If I had never dropped in on that single calligraphy course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them."
He's either kidding or thinks lowly of others. Between the Mac's introduction in 1984 and this speech in 2005, it's very unlikely that no one else at Apple, Microsoft, or elsewhere would have thought about this centuries-old, basic concept from the printing world. It would definitely have been introduced sooner or later in computers.
He's either kidding or thinks lowly of others. Between the Mac's introduction in 1984 and this speech in 2005, it's very unlikely that no one else at Apple, Microsoft, or elsewhere would have thought about this centuries-old, basic concept from the printing world. It would definitely have been introduced sooner or later in computers.
People said these things with Steve Jobs for many years while he was alive. Why would that be any different now?
As we know, later can be decades late. Dell still ships laptops where when you open the lid, the bottom case isn't properly counter-weighted and goes along for the ride. Shameful.
I remember the article on MR announcing Steve Jobs death, this was the first comment on it, it received so many downvotes (this was back when MR had the upvote/downvote system) and reports from people who assumed the commenter was just insulting Steve for some reason. I’m pretty sure a moderator has to come in and comment explaining what the comment was quoting and to tell people to stop reporting it
Dang, that was 20 years ago. The kids there are now middle aged. Someone should track some of them down and interview them, to see if Jobs’ words of wisdom had any impact on their lives.
That's Dell, but not all companies do this. What Steve seemed to imply was that without him, no operating system would offer several fonts and/or proportional ones, as if all other people were too dumb to ever come up with this idea. I admire Steve, but he was a bit pretentious at times.
"Steve's speech changed my life."
"Really? Tell us how."
Kid 1: "Well, I dropped out like Steve did, and now serve customers at Joe's Burgers."
Kid 2: "Well, I started staying hungry all the time like he said, and now weigh 300 lb."
Kid 3: "Well, I became foolish like he advised to, splurged to bankruptcy and now live under a bridge."
Was kind of wondering - did they just remaster and upscale the footage?
Or is this "enhanced" like Jabba the Hutt in Star Wars?
True... Under Cook there's been no: Apple HiFi, Apple iPod Sox, Lisa, Apple III, PowerMac G4 Cube, Pippin, Newton, Macintosh TV, 20th Anniversary Macintosh, and Round Mouse.
The video has been uploaded to YouTube as 1080p60, but the footage doesn't look 1080p60 at all, more like 480i30 at best, which was regular TV fare then. I wouldn't even call this upscaling, much less remaster.
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Non-sarcastically, I would love to read your biography.
Yes! That would be an interesting study, although getting a clean control would also be needed. Compared against the classes at Stanford before and after, and at other institutions that same year, before and after.
Don’t forget about Antennagate, which Steve never apologized for and made a bunch of excuses for. Obviously, Steve was a visionary and this company wouldn’t be where they are without him. But he made mistakes, just like most CEOs do.
Do you not actually like Steve Jobs or the Apple resurrection that he guided?
You realize Tim Cook really liked him, correct?
It's weird how you seem to bag on Steve while cheer-leading Tim
No, I like Jobs a lot. And I know Cook liked him.
But when Cook is criticized for the direction he's taken Apple (always in a negative manner) and that he's always compared to Jobs, I have no problem being honest and reminding people about the products Jobs introduced that flopped.
The bottom line is Apple now has 1+ Billion active and repeat customers under Cook's leadership. They're the final arbiters of Apple's success.
I appreciate your reply and clarification 👍
Instead they been burning cash with: HomePod, Apple Vision Pro, Siri AI, Macbook Pro with scratches/dents in screen, iPhone and iPad Bendgate, Airpower...and Apple Car.