"Mysterious company" censors unflattering Steve Jobs video

jmke · 2nd April 2007, 12:55

Steve Jobs: Ultimately it comes down to taste. It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things that humans have done and then try to bring those things in to what you're doing. I mean Picasso had a saying, he said good artists copy, great artists steal. And we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas and I think part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were musicians and poets and artists and zoologists and historians who also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38644

Rutar · 2nd April 2007, 16:24

well, a lot of the greatest things are stolen

the idea of a GUI, stolen by Bill and Steve from Xerox

the AK47, stolen by Kalashnikov mainly from the M1 Garand and the German StGW 44

90% of Vista, stolen by Bill from Steve

Kougar · 3rd April 2007, 18:50

If by stolen you mean seeing how it can be improved upon, then maybe.

If MS wanted to directly copy OS X they could have done a much better job of it, really. Perhaps having an understanding of Vista's inner workings will help you. http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/pretty-vista.ars/1

2nd April 2007, 12:55	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	"Mysterious company" censors unflattering Steve Jobs video Steve Jobs: Ultimately it comes down to taste. It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things that humans have done and then try to bring those things in to what you're doing. I mean Picasso had a saying, he said good artists copy, great artists steal. And we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas and I think part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were musicians and poets and artists and zoologists and historians who also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38644 __________________

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2nd April 2007, 16:24	#2
Rutar Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,267	well, a lot of the greatest things are stolen the idea of a GUI, stolen by Bill and Steve from Xerox the AK47, stolen by Kalashnikov mainly from the M1 Garand and the German StGW 44 90% of Vista, stolen by Bill from Steve

3rd April 2007, 18:50	#3
Kougar Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,640	If by stolen you mean seeing how it can be improved upon, then maybe. If MS wanted to directly copy OS X they could have done a much better job of it, really. Perhaps having an understanding of Vista's inner workings will help you. http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/pretty-vista.ars/1