Doc Searls o Jobs-u (u članku koji nije nimalo izgubio na važnosti od 1997 kad je napisan):
So Steve Jobs just shot the cloners in the head, indirectly doing the same to the growing percentage of Mac users who prefered cloned Mac systems to Apple’s own. So his message to everybody was no different than it was at Day One: all I want from the rest of you is your money and your appreciation for my Art.
It was a nasty move, but bless his ass: Steve’s art has always been first class, and priced accordingly. There was nothing ordinary about it. The Mac “ecosystem” Steve talks about is one that rises from that Art, not from market demand or other more obvious forces. And that art has no more to do with developers, customers and users than Van Gogh’s has to do with Sotheby’s, Christie’s and art collectors.
Dave Winer o Jobs-u:
Okay. I personally can’t stomach that. I cannot sit in a goddamn room with Steve Jobs doing that. I wanna puke, you know? [...] It grosses me out, but there are a lot of people who like it, and his art is impeccable. I mean I did finally break down and buy a Mac, and I got it, and I like it. Hey, it’s a nice computer. It feels good. It’s - I like my Sony VAIO, too, but the Mac’s a good computer. He breaks the rule, and he gets away with it. But nobody else does.
Sviđa mi se šta Apple radi.
Pomeraju granice. Brišu granicu između kompjutera i običnog uređaja koji svi lako nauče da koriste.
Probajte da napravite listu stvari koje radite na kompjuteru, a da nisu vezane za održavanje sistema, programiranje ili neki drugi oblik robovanja kompjuteru…
Sada pogledajte aplikacije iz iLife-a, pa mi recite koliko se te stvari preklapaju.
Možda se ovakve stvari čine nebitne, ali to je samo na prvi pogled. To su stvari koje zaista znače, koje nas čine srećnim.
(evo jednog bonus saveta: savršen backup ima samo stvari koje ste vi napravili, sve ostalo postaje nebitno tokom vremena)
Nikad nisam radio na Mac-u, nikad nisam imao prilike da ga podrobno testiram, ali voleo bih. Iako mi se na kraju verovatno ne bi svideo.
Iako bi se vratio na Linux, čim u meni proradi crv koji me je za njega i zalepio.
Ali voleo bih da postavim jedan Mac u dnevnu sobu, da ne mislim da li ce da radi ili ne. Da se divim njegovom dizajnu; da, bar na kratko, prestanem da budem rob kompjuteru, i da on počne da robuje meni.
Za kraj pogledajte ovu sliku i pronađite gde je vaš PC u Apple eri.
Mnogo toga može da se nauči od jabuke…
