Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos meet "Ginger"
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Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos meet "Ginger"
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Re: Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos meet "Ginger"
#2Oldie, but goodie.
Re: Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos meet "Ginger"
#3"Not a good reason, in Jobs's view, because the code could easily be reverse-engineered. No it couldn't, said Tim. Could, said Jobs."
I don't know where Jobs gets his instincts about this stuff, but he was totally right: http://tlb.org/scooter.html
Re: Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos meet "Ginger"
#4Awesome to read a detailed account of instant-on insight and tough questions from two giants. Steve's intolerance of business as usual is particularly inspiring.
Re: Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos meet "Ginger"
#5"Not a good reason, in Jobs's view, because the code could easily be reverse-engineered. No it couldn't, said Tim. Could, said Jobs." I don't know where Jobs gets his instincts about this stuff, but he was totally right: http://tlb.org/scooter.html
I don't see any evidence that this is a "reverse engineering" of a Segway - it seems to be more of a "re-engineering" from scratch.
Re: Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos meet "Ginger"
#6Holy crap, the Segway was released eight years ago.. I feel old.
Re: Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos meet "Ginger"
#7Is the rest of the book this good?
Re: Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos meet "Ginger"
#8Awesome to read a detailed account of instant-on insight and tough questions from two giants. Steve's intolerance of business as usual is particularly inspiring.
Really? I can't believe they missed the obvious:
"You have a product so revolutionary, you'll have no problem selling it. The question is, are people going to be allowed to use it?"
That's Segway's problem right there. Just because something is revolutionary, doesn't mean it will sell. These business giants made the exact same mistake we all make - assume other people will get as excited as we are.
Re: Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos meet "Ginger"
#9Awesome to read a detailed account of instant-on insight and tough questions from two giants. Steve's intolerance of business as usual is particularly inspiring.
Really? I can't believe they missed the obvious: "You have a product so revolutionary, you'll have no problem selling it. The question is, are people going to be allowed to use it?" That's Segway's problem right there. Just because something is revolutionary, doesn't mean it will sell. These business giants made the exact same mistake we all make - assume other people will get as excited as we are.
"You have a product so revolutionary, you'll have no problem selling it. The question is, are people going to be allowed to use it?"
Are we talking about the Segway, or the iPad?
Re: Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos meet "Ginger"
#10Awesome to read a detailed account of instant-on insight and tough questions from two giants. Steve's intolerance of business as usual is particularly inspiring.
Really? I can't believe they missed the obvious: "You have a product so revolutionary, you'll have no problem selling it. The question is, are people going to be allowed to use it?" That's Segway's problem right there. Just because something is revolutionary, doesn't mean it will sell. These business giants made the exact same mistake we all make - assume other people will get as excited as we are.
The obvious? I side with pg. "Too lazy to walk, ya fuckin homo?"