President Obama on Steve Jobs: "He Changed the Way Each of Us Sees the World"

Post by Cushman » Fri, Oct 07, 2011, 3:19 AM UTC

hackinthebochs wrote: post #60

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Oh, yeah. Facebook would definitely have happened the same way without the Macintosh . Seriously, do you guys not know who we're talking about here?

Perhaps I'm a little too young to fully understand the history here, and yeah he's had his influence on computing in many ways. But so have a lot of other people who were far more influential that have wallowed in obscurity. Correct me if I'm wrong, but macintosh didn't usher computing into the mainstream. Up until the ipod, apple has always been a very niche company. He's as popular as he is precisely because he's c…

Post by AppSec » Fri, Oct 07, 2011, 5:23 PM UTC

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Not to be a douche(I shed some tears upon hearing the news and remain a tad shocked), but the accuracy of the above statement by Obama is very questionable IMO. Vast majority of the world still doesn't own an Apple device, I'd argue. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. That said, I did hear the news from my iPhone. And this comment? It's also coming from the same thing.

It's not only about Apple products, it's about personal computers, or large touch-screen based smartphones. Without the (first) Macintosh, the PC ecosystem would be different.