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This article isn't very insightful it's just rehashing the old tale that often the first group to invent something isn't always the first group to refine it in
by pmorici 15y ago
This article isn't very insightful it's just rehashing the old tale that often the first group to invent something isn't always the first group to refine it in a way that makes it ultimately successful on a wide scale.
The author's argument is that the tendency to assign historical credit for the invention to whom ever made the invention a success is some how an injustice. The magic of Apple has never been their claims of pure invention but the ability to take very raw technology and make it into something that people actually want to use and can afford.
- bad_user 15y agoEven if Apple never said they invented the personal computer, or the portable/digital music device, a majority of people do say that - and I think that's also Apple's fault, as they never give enough credit to the things they copy. Your argument also rehashes the argument that polishing a product and distributing it to the masses is just as important as inventing it. Which is true, but that wasn't the point.
- drieddust 15y agoHe is not arguing against it. He is arguing that Steve has caused harm to the computing culture by creating a walled garden. Eric is arguing against Steve's doublespeak which was evident from the start of his carrier. On one hand he was projecting himself as a liberator. On the other hand he was fighting nails and teeth against putting extra ports in the original Apple created by Woz. Eventually he succeeded during his second stint. He was a wonderful designer and marketer but portraying him as if he was Christ is not right too. Eric is not denying his marketing skill or design sense. He is trying to break the aura of cult created around Apple so that future of computing can be opened a little bit.