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Given the amount that I still hear people gripe back and forth about Google stealing from Apple and vice-versa, I think it's at least mildly interesting to know
by drivebyacct2 15y ago
Given the amount that I still hear people gripe back and forth about Google stealing from Apple and vice-versa, I think it's at least mildly interesting to know that Jobs explicitly passed on this idea.
I'm not saying it does or doesn't, but if it became big, it would reflect differently on Jobs and his "foresight" knowing that he frowned on it. If it flops, he is "right".
Not important and probably tends towards petty fanboy credits, but fun to think about (and there is the thought that Jobs would shoot it down even if he liked it or considered it more later).
- ma2rten 15y agoSteve Jobs initially also passed on the idea of the App Store and I think I recall he also ridiculed the idea of making a tablet.
- s_henry_paulson 15y agoHe didn't ridicule the idea of making a tablet. The iPad was actually created before the iPhone, but they shelved the tablet temporarily to focus on the phone market first.
- vetinari 15y agoHe passed on many ideas, just to come back two weeks later to the same people with just the same idea and pitching it as the greatest thing known to man. Just because he considered it shit once dies not mean that he wouldn't change his opinion later.