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And that decision almost never happened: While it seems a given that the iPod was to be made compatible with Windows, Jobs was very resistant to the idea. At o
by joezydeco 11y ago
And that decision almost never happened:
While it seems a given that the iPod was to be made compatible with Windows, Jobs was very resistant to the idea. At one point he said that Windows users would get to use the iPod "over my dead body". After continued convincing, Jobs gave up:
"Screw it," he said at one meeting where they showed him the analysis. "I'm sick of listening to you assholes. Go do whatever the hell you want."
http://www.macrumors.com/2011/10/25/steve-jobs-biography-what-might-have-been/ http://www.macrumors.com/2011/10/25/steve-jobs-biography-wha...
Think about what iPod sales would have been if iTunes never made it to the PC platform. Would there have been enough profit to fund the development of the iPhone? Would we be where we are today?
- digi_owl 11y agoWell Android may still have happened (but perhaps looked more like Blackberry in its initial form). And Nokia may be around selling Maemo based phoned, though i wonder if what sunk them was Samsung (and later Chinese companies) undermining their feature phone sales in Africa etc.