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To your point, Steve Jobs made a similar comment at D8 - Jobs: “When we were an agrarian nation, all cars were trucks, because that’s what you needed on the fa

by edge17 16y ago

To your point, Steve Jobs made a similar comment at D8 - Jobs: “When we were an agrarian nation, all cars were trucks, because that’s what you needed on the farm. But as vehicles started to be used in the urban centers, cars got more popular. Innovations like automatic transmission and power steering and things that you didn’t care about in a truck as much started to become paramount in cars. … PCs are going to be like trucks. They’re still going to be around, they’re still going to have a lot of value, but they’re going to be used by one out of X people. … I think that we’re embarked on that. Is the next step the iPad? Who knows? Will it happen next year or five years from now or seven years from now? Who knows? But I think we’re headed in that direction.” http://d8.allthingsd.com/20100601/steve-jobs-session/ http://d8.allthingsd.com/20100601/steve-jobs-session/

ThomPete 16y ago
One thing that I really appreciate about Steve Jobs is his honesty in these matters. He could have ventured on saying that the iPad is the next step that would have been very marketingish. Instead of speaking in certainties he treats his own products with a respect for reality and critical thinking. Just imagine if more CEO's would actually participate in honest discussion about their products like this.
tybris 16y ago
I'm pretty sure that in the beginning all cars were cars.
davidhollander 16y ago
Does _anyone_ bother to fact check on Hacker News? The first cars were not trucks, they were carriages. And your 35 horsepower Mercedes in the 1900s was not being bought by farmers but was being purchased by wealthy urban dwellers. The word "truck" by itself did not even refer to a motorized vehicle until the 1930s. Cars started out as a post-agrarian weakly powered luxury good for passengers before they ever became heavy duty farm implements, SJ's narrative is backwards. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck Step outside of the reality distortion zone, please.
- TillE 16y ago
  This is a good point, but the condescension really doesn't help.
  - martythemaniak 16y ago
    Some of us appreciate bullshit-free communication.

by edge17 16y ago

ThomPete 16y ago

One thing that I really appreciate about Steve Jobs is his honesty in these matters. He could have ventured on saying that the iPad is the next step that would have been very marketingish. Instead of speaking in certainties he treats his own products with a respect for reality and critical thinking. Just imagine if more CEO's would actually participate in honest discussion about their products like this.

tybris 16y ago

I'm pretty sure that in the beginning all cars were cars.

davidhollander 16y ago

Does _anyone_ bother to fact check on Hacker News? The first cars were not trucks, they were carriages. And your 35 horsepower Mercedes in the 1900s was not being bought by farmers but was being purchased by wealthy urban dwellers. The word "truck" by itself did not even refer to a motorized vehicle until the 1930s. Cars started out as a post-agrarian weakly powered luxury good for passengers before they ever became heavy duty farm implements, SJ's narrative is backwards. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck Step outside of the reality distortion zone, please.

TillE 16y ago
This is a good point, but the condescension really doesn't help.
- martythemaniak 16y ago
  Some of us appreciate bullshit-free communication.