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>"Second: Was Apple really right to fire Jobs? In his first 7 years at Apple, Jobs oversaw (not designed or engineered) the only successful product lines in App
by pmelendez 13y ago
>"Second: Was Apple really right to fire Jobs? In his first 7 years at Apple, Jobs oversaw (not designed or engineered) the only successful product lines in Apple's first 20 years"
I would argue that Jobs had any influence in the Apple II whatsoever, in fact according to Wozniak in iWoz, Jobs attempts to influence the Apple II originated the only fights the two of them ever had.
On the other hand, Apple II was originating the vast majority of the revenue and in comparison the original mac had a very limited success.
- gdubs 13y agoWell, except for the idea that it should be packaged and marketed like an appliance, which arguably is what brought it to the mass-market.