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There's no other company that could make a MacBook Air and the reason is that not only do we control the hardware, but we control the operating system. And it is the intimate interaction between the operating system and the hardware that allows us to do that. There is no intimate interaction between Windows and a Dell notebook. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#allows #between #company #control #could

Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus' success in the spreadsheet - basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#applications #basically #both #business #completely

We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? So this is what we've chosen to do with our life. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#brief #chance #chosen #die #every

So I went and visited a doctor and he diagnosed me with reactive arthritis. ↗

— Daniel Johns

#diagnosed #doctor #i #me #reactive

I watched my mother waste her life on housework and swore I'd never do that. Dave does the cooking. ↗

— Siobhan Fahey

#dave #does #her #housework #i

I met Woz when I was 13, at a friend's garage. He was about 18. He was, like, the first person I met who knew more electronics than I did at that point. We became good friends, because we shared an interest in computer and we had a sense of humor. We pulled all kinds of pranks together. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#became #because #computer #did #electronics

So let's not use a stylus. We're going to use the best pointing device in the world. We're going to use a pointing device that we're all born with - born with ten of them. We're going to use our fingers. We're going to touch this with our fingers. And we have invented a new technology called multi-touch, which is phenomenal. It works like magic. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#born #called #device #fingers #going

The design of the Mac wasn't what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok what it's all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#although #chew #commitment #design #get

We think Android is very, very fragmented, and becoming more fragmented by the day. And as you know, Apple strives for the integrated model so that the user isn't forced to be the systems integrator. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#apple #becoming #day #forced #fragmented

It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion it is only by action that they can now atone for their faults of lack of character and discipline. ↗

— Alfred Jodl

#army #atone #behind #character #discipline