http://geektastik.com/2009/11/26/a-world-without-jobs/ technology, communication & random geekiness Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:04:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://geektastik.com/2009/11/26/a-world-without-jobs/#comment-642 WestsideNYC Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:04:37 +0000 http://geektastik.wordpress.com/?p=88#comment-642 A World without Steve Jobs? Back in 1997, his presence would have still been irrelevant if Microsoft hadn't saved Apple's hide by agreeing to continue releasing the Mac version of MS Office and of providing Apple with that necessary extra funding. If that rumor regarding Gassee and BeOS was true, I am really sorry that he overplayed his hand. BeOS was an excellent operating system. Perhaps with Gassee at the helm of Apple, the Intel versions of the Mac would been released sooner and that certainly could have been a big hit. Still, there is no way of telling whether or not Apple would have been at the forefront of the digital music revolution. This is all speculation, anyway, any which way we go. A World without Steve Jobs? Back in 1997, his presence would have still been irrelevant if Microsoft hadn’t saved Apple’s hide by agreeing to continue releasing the Mac version of MS Office and of providing Apple with that necessary extra funding. If that rumor regarding Gassee and BeOS was true, I am really sorry that he overplayed his hand. BeOS was an excellent operating system. Perhaps with Gassee at the helm of Apple, the Intel versions of the Mac would been released sooner and that certainly could have been a big hit. Still, there is no way of telling whether or not Apple would have been at the forefront of the digital music revolution. This is all speculation, anyway, any which way we go.

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