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Always worth remembering that as well as being an innovator, Steve Jobs was often a cruel and petty man.
"Steve Jobs and the Next Big Thing"
Always worth remembering that as well as being an innovator, Steve Jobs was often a cruel and petty man.
And used his wealth to obtain and subsequently waste a liver that could have saved an actual important person with a family.
importance is now how organ donations are managed.
Always worth remembering that as well as being an innovator, Steve Jobs was often a cruel and petty man.
And used his wealth to obtain and subsequently waste a liver that could have saved an actual important person with a family.
Always worth remembering that as well as being an innovator, Steve Jobs was often a cruel and petty man.
The biography regarding how NeXT came to be is quite relevant in how it all went, and how lucky it was that Apple ended up going with NeXT instead of Be. "Steve Jobs and the Next Big Thing"
There is actually a Youtube video from The Computer History Museum on the book with the author and key figures from NeXT’s history [Recorded May 26, 2026] (haven't seen it yet, but looking forward to): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnNdb2wa_NE
Always worth remembering that as well as being an innovator, Steve Jobs was often a cruel and petty man.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I work in the corporate world, I have detailed confidential discussions about technical details of upcoming products and contract details. The first thing we do in those situations is we all sign NDAs. The idea that you'd do a presentation to a hundred people and expect that information to stay confidential without specifically informing them is just absurd. Which is part of the reason Jobs just screwed him around ra…
Pricing details in contracts are trade secrets. You don't even need an NDA to sue someone for leaking that. They're lucky Apple found a quick remediation. They delayed signing the contract because they had to wait and see if any damage was caused. Next steps would have been renegotiating or lawsuit.
I remember when this happened. Apple’s corporate staff screwed up and didn’t have the contract done in time to have the music in by the keynote. And of course they are not going to move the keynote. So Jobs had to spin it: the small number of songs is a good thing, actually! He was one of the best at this. PowerPC is not keeping up with Intel? Spin it! (Then switch.) Everyone hates DRM? Spin it! (Then drop DRM.) Peop…
“The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” - The Melian Dialogue
Always worth remembering that as well as being an innovator, Steve Jobs was often a cruel and petty man.
Name a big tech CEO who isn’t.
Jobs allegedly spent years lying about whether his daughter was his daughter. That's not necessary for Apple to succeed. That's just being a dick.
>A month later, Steve Jobs did a special worldwide simulcast keynote speech about iTunes. People had been criticizing iTunes for having less music than the competition. They had 400,000 songs while Rhapsody and Napster had over 2 million songs. (Over 500,000 of those were from CD Baby.) >Four minutes in, he said something that made my pounding heart sink to my burning stomach: >“This number could have easily been muc…
It seems pretty unambiguous to me.