well, http://www.literateprogramming.com/byte1996.html http://www.literateprogramming.com/byte1996.html has an interview with Knuth saying that Jobs had talked

well, http://www.literateprogramming.com/byte1996.html http://www.literateprogramming.com/byte1996.html has an interview with Knuth saying that Jobs had talked to him so it's potentially possible: Knuth: Steve Jobs once told me in 1980 that he had a vision where every day we'd get a CD-ROM with a thousand brand new programs on it, and that although each program would cost just $5, the number of potential users for each program would be high enough that software developers would get a good return on their work.