> back in the day, Jobs hated networking because it was "just an umbilical cord back to the mothership" I didn't realize this... but it completely fits both th

> back in the day, Jobs hated networking because it was "just an umbilical cord back to the mothership" I didn't realize this... but it completely fits both the person and the time. For those that might be unaware, back in the 70's through maybe even the early 90's, there was a belief that personal computing represented a form of personal liberation from centralized control/power. The idea was that a computer you could own and manage yourself represented freedom from the establishment (which took the for, of centralized minicomputers, mainframes, and the like). Of course, 30 years later, we now know how that all turned out, with the idea of the network being a connection back to a central mothership sounding pretty darn accurate.