April 24, 2016

Why Steve Jobs Killed the Newton

Steve Jobs, via Egg Freckles:

Focusing is saying yes, right? No. Focusing is about saying no. You’ve got to say, no, no, no. The result of that focus is going to be some really great products where the total is much greater than the sum of the parts.

I think that most companies can’t be successful with one stack of system software. Rarely can they manage two.

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