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>They didn't build it to sell. except they totally did people and businesses had no intention of actually pulling paper-based systems into computational ones,
by olewhalehunter 10y ago
>They didn't build it to sell.
except they totally did
people and businesses had no intention of actually pulling paper-based systems into computational ones, and thus all Steve Jobs had to do was reproduce office-quality typography and document presentation on a screen, selling 1870s typewriter workflows as innovation well enough to convince the world they were revolutionary
- gaius 10y agoSelling the company vs selling the product, you have mixed up
- throwaway2016a 10y agoI think he meant exiting/selling to a larger company not selling as in sales and marketing.
- DonHopkins 10y agoIn the timeless words of the great Bruce Tognazzini [1]: MEVSGP MPIZ JBKQSI DBAPH TLUM XFEA HRBH CNUDNT PZIZDK VZOPZW DX. TO BE OR NOT TO BE THAT IS THE GZINCLE FLORTEN GLOFFLE. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SO CLOSE.... SO VERY CLOSE.... PERHAPS WITH JUST A FEW MORE MONKEYS........ [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfMDWhc_ohU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfMDWhc_ohU
- sean_patel 10y agoLove this. Just saw the video. So is it true that real monkeys in the jungle stepped on the typewriter keys and this genius quote came out of 1 of them??? Fascinating!!!