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Well, SJ was happy to put up a "down with the man!" front so long as he wasn't the man himself. However, it seems from the Isaacson bio that behind the scenes
by rst 15y ago
Well, SJ was happy to put up a "down with the man!" front so long as he wasn't the man himself.
However, it seems from the Isaacson bio that behind the scenes, he wanted control of the end-user experience on his machines from the start. He wanted the Apple II to ship with two reserved expansion slots --- one for a modem, the other for a printer --- so that third-party hardware couldn't screw up the user experience. It was Woz who insisted on eight general-purpose expansion slots.
["Steve Jobs", p. 74]
- idspispopd 15y agoHe's certainly head strong, and there are many modern cases of implementations that he didn't agree to (The app store, iTunes on Windows etc.) But despite his opposition and his ability to prevent these things from happening, he did eventually concede to them, stand up on stage and present them with excited fervour and ultimately sell them to the masses. I suppose what I'm saying here is that Stallman too is head-strong, but probably needs to be surrounded by a team of rationalists to make his direction palatable. People talk about Jobs like he was a genius, or the devil, or a god, or some personal friend. He was the head of a company that finds opportunity in tech-stagnation. Also there is so much talk about Woz, I doubt anyone would really be interested in Woz if Apple went bankrupt towards the end of the 90s.
- gavinlynch 15y agoWhy does 2 reserved expansion slots versus 8 general purpose expansion slots indicate that Steve Jobs' "down with the man" attitude was a front?