His own story is interesting, but I think he vastly overstates the explanatory value of "being defensive vs. learning from your competition" IRT international,

His own story is interesting, but I think he vastly overstates the explanatory value of "being defensive vs. learning from your competition" IRT international, goliath corporations. It's almost sports fan-level projection/myth-making. When introducing new versions of OSX, Steve Jobs used to joke about how quickly Microsoft would copy them, so the image of an arrogant MS that paid Apple no notice is off. The new prominence of design in Google products (including Android) exhibits at least a little bit of competitive influence from Apple, so it's strange to refer to them as arrogant and unresponsive competitors.