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Great insight: "The thing that separated Steve Jobs from other people like Bill Gates - Bill was brilliant too - but Bill was never interested in great taste. H

Great insight: "The thing that separated Steve Jobs from other people like Bill Gates - Bill was brilliant too - but Bill was never interested in great taste. He was always interested in being able to dominate a market. He would put out whatever he had to put out there to own that space. Steve would never do that. Steve believed in perfection.”

rimantas 16y ago
I think Jobs himself said that the problem with Microsoft was that they had no taste.
- gvb 16y ago
  http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don't think of original ideas, and they don't bring much culture into their products. * Triumph of the Nerds (1996) I didn't verify this link, but google says the interview where Jobs says Microsoft has no taste can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upzKj-1HaKw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upzKj-1HaKw
  - brudgers 16y ago
    Ironically, it was Jobs who gave us flatulence simulation apps.
TetOn 16y ago
What has always interested me in this vein is the intersection between Jobs' own "Real artists ship" and his obvious and well documented details-oriented perfectionism. It seems to me the real power of Jobs intellect is in that ability to know that the product has reached some critical mass of good enough to ship (and improve later).
- Tycho 16y ago
  I think what sets Apple apart is an unshakable belief in the quality of their own products. While Blackberry etc. release a whole armada of smartphones, as if to say 'we hope variety can make up for a lack of quality,' Apple typically release one model with some minor variation, as if to say 'we tried to make the best, and we know we have, so here it is. There's no point in releasing anything else.'

rimantas 16y ago

I think Jobs himself said that the problem with Microsoft was that they had no taste.

gvb 16y ago
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don't think of original ideas, and they don't bring much culture into their products. * Triumph of the Nerds (1996) I didn't verify this link, but google says the interview where Jobs says Microsoft has no taste can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upzKj-1HaKw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upzKj-1HaKw
- brudgers 16y ago
  Ironically, it was Jobs who gave us flatulence simulation apps.

TetOn 16y ago

What has always interested me in this vein is the intersection between Jobs' own "Real artists ship" and his obvious and well documented details-oriented perfectionism. It seems to me the real power of Jobs intellect is in that ability to know that the product has reached some critical mass of good enough to ship (and improve later).

Tycho 16y ago
I think what sets Apple apart is an unshakable belief in the quality of their own products. While Blackberry etc. release a whole armada of smartphones, as if to say 'we hope variety can make up for a lack of quality,' Apple typically release one model with some minor variation, as if to say 'we tried to make the best, and we know we have, so here it is. There's no point in releasing anything else.'