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It's more subtle than that. Jobs had a preternatural ability to determine when a technology was sufficiently mature and when people were ready to accept a well
by veyron 15y ago
It's more subtle than that. Jobs had a preternatural ability to determine when a technology was sufficiently mature and when people were ready to accept a well-executed solution. Some would argue, for example, that Newton was executed well (but people weren't ready for it).
I would imagine a lot of startups find themselves in a situation where people simply aren't ready for the solution that is brought to the table.
- philwelch 15y agoNewton was not only premature, it didn't fit any useful form factor (too small for a tablet, too big for a pocket device) and it didn't do anything necessary. An iPod plays music and an iPhone is a phone. Additionally, the state of Newton's handwriting recognition was immature.
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- mgkimsal 15y agoAnd it likely still is immature for the mass market, all these years later. Notice that handwriting recognition was not part of ipod/iphone/ipad/ios. Rather than continuing down that path, Apple went in a different direction altogether.
- vacri 15y agoI wouldn't call it preternatural - they've had a few flops which have seemingly been conveniently forgotten by people. Give the man his due, but let's not imply that he's some sort of force of nature.
- rphlx 15y agoOr, he simply had enough money and influence to advertise and market his way to success, this time around. I'd imagine the iPad got far, far more publicity than the Newton in its day.