Steve Jobs Insult Response (1997) [video]

Post by drcongo » Mon, Dec 19, 2022, 12:33 PM UTC

Beltalowda wrote: post #34

Octokiddie wrote: post #21

One thing that's interesting here is how Jobs doesn't answer the specific technical question: How does Java address the ideas embodied in OpenDoc? Instead, Jobs answers the question behind the question: What role should new technologies play at Apple going forward? This is a very useful technique to practice. When asked a question whose premise you don't agree with, you can become confrontational on that point. Or yo…

This is the Robert McNamara strategy for answering questions: don't answer the question that was asked, instead answer the question you wanted to be asked, and by the end of it the asker will usually have forgotten that they actually asked a different question. It's pretty common, but I think few people were as explicit/honest about it as McNamara (later in life, that is).

Post by emmanueloga_ » Mon, Dec 19, 2022, 9:42 PM UTC

dannyobrien wrote: post #10

emmanueloga_ wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

honestly, staging the question is something I can see Steve Jobs doing. Does anybody know who the guy that asked the question is?

Here's one report about who it was: https://www.quora.com/History-of-Apple-Inc-Whos-the-guy-who-...