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American entrepreneur (1955 to 2011); co-founded Apple in 1976 and led it again from 1997 to 2011; ran Pixar from 1986 to 2006.

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3 dated positions, 1995 to 1996, in their own words. Our reading of what Steve Jobs has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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    Our readingMicrosoft's problem is that it has no taste: it does not think of original ideas or bring much culture into its products.

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    Their wordsThe only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste, they have absolutely no taste, and what that means is - I don't mean that in a small way I mean that in a big way. In the sense that they they don't think of original ideas and they don't bring much culture into their product

    ↗Triumph of the Nerds, part 3 (PBS, 1996): transcriptweb.archive.org 2nd of 2 in this piece

  2. 11 months earlier

  3. Our readingThe desktop computer industry had stopped innovating, with Microsoft dominating, and had entered a dark age.

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    Their wordsThe desktop computer industry is dead. Innovation has virtually ceased. Microsoft dominates with very little innovation. That's over. Apple lost. The desktop market has entered the dark ages, and it's going to be in the dark ages for the next 10 years, or certainly for the rest of this decade.

    ↗Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great Thing (Wired, February 1996), interview by Gary Wolfwired.com 1st of 9 in this piece

  4. 9 months earlier

  5. Our readingWhen computing becomes a monopoly, the industry’s ability to innovate is sucked dry.

    Their wordsThey're being driven out because the computer business is becoming a monopoly with Microsoft. Without getting into whether Microsoft gained its position legally or not--who cares? The end product of the position is that the ability to innovate in the industry is being sucked dry.

    ↗Steve Jobs oral history interview with Daniel Morrow (Smithsonian, 20 April 1995): excerptsweb.archive.org 7th of 11 in this piece