The famous rant that Jobs responds to was regarding OpenDoc vs Java.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oeqPrUmVz-o
It was a different world, one that the CEO of Apple would respond to any question whatsoever, an open mic in a small theater.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oeqPrUmVz-o
It was a different world, one that the CEO of Apple would respond to any question whatsoever, an open mic in a small theater.
Not sure that it was a different world in the way you mean. Back then, as today, leaders of leading tech giants wouldn’t be in that setting taking questions from developers. It was a different Apple; one whose prospect of survival was in question, which needed developers not to abandon the platform, and needed employees not to abandon the company.
But it was certainly a different Apple. Can you imagine Cook, Federighi or Ternus on a theater taking any random question? I’d love that, but it’s not going to happen.