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Jobs has had full supply line / vertical integration in mind for decades. NeXT reflects his vision, down to raising a stunning amount of cash to build a factor
by aresant 15y ago
Jobs has had full supply line / vertical integration in mind for decades.
NeXT reflects his vision, down to raising a stunning amount of cash to build a factory for the hardware with NeXTs building NeXTs (circa 1986) - beautiful vid of that process http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhfUKEu7sJ0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhfUKEu7sJ0
There's a remarkable MacWorld keynote that I just wasted 15 mins trying to find where he lays out, blow-by-blow, his vision for returning to total vertical integration (posted years back) - anybody have that handy?