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The first thing Steve Jobs did when he arrived back at Apple is he got rid of the little “Apple museum” they had in the building. A bunch of old machines. I bel

The first thing Steve Jobs did when he arrived back at Apple is he got rid of the little “Apple museum” they had in the building. A bunch of old machines. I believe he thought Apple shouldn’t live off its past.

f1shy 1y ago
Do you have a source for that. Would be nice to have that in my list :)
- bookofjoe 1y ago
  >Shortly after Steve Jobs returned to Apple, he canceled plans to create a corporate museum and gave Stanford all of the archives in 1997. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidcoursey/2012/03/31/more-than-steve-jobs-why-apple-deserves-a-museum/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidcoursey/2012/03/31/more-th...
- ilamont 1y ago
  This fact was included in Walter Isaacson's bio, describing his return to Apple.
etchalon 1y ago
He just canceled the project, at a time when Apple was hemorrhaging money. It didn't already exist. It was going to exist. He killed a lot of things to save Apple. I wouldn't read too much into it.
jdsully 1y ago
Apple was failing so their current culture wasn't working and should not be passed on. He wanted a clean break. Plus Apple's past experience was traumatic for him personally. Even if they had been successful without him he'd not want the reminder for that reason alone.
mandeepj 1y ago
> I believe he thought Apple shouldn’t live off its past. For the same reason, Apple doesn't celebrate anniversaries.