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I would say, much respect to Jobs, given that his analysis seems to be correct in retrospect. E.g.: "You're sure your market is upscale consumers for transportation?" said Jobs. Turns out Segways weren't a hit with the target market and they ended up selling to enterprises and mailmen. Bezos had some good analysis too saying the real question is whether it would be legal to ride them - in many places it was illegal t…
The respect wasn't about who was right. Jobs is right a lot . That's why I think its cool that Dean pushed on and believed in his invention anyway. The world might just not be "hot, flat and crowded" enough for Segway yet. I wonder what I might do if I had an invention and Steve Jobs told me it sucked, or if I got Bill Gates' trademark "thats the stupidest f*cking idea I've heard since I've been at Mircosoft." Consid…
According to New York city officials, New York is already too crowded for Segways.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/nyregion/12segway.html
Gov. David A. Paterson signed a law in July legalizing Segways everywhere else in the state.
Officials in New York City, where many streets are already clogged with taxis, tourists, dogs and double-wide strollers, deliberately asked lawmakers to leave the city out of the bill. ...
“To introduce a foreign, unproven, untested element into the mix complicates the job before us, which is to make the most efficient use of city streets,” said Noah Budnick, deputy director of Transportation Alternatives, a New York advocacy group.