The 30-Year-Old Macintosh and a Conversation With Steve Jobs

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46 points·nickbilton··7 comments

To celebrate the 30 year anniversary or the Mac, Steven Levy released an unseen and raw interview with Steve Jobs.

Such a great wordsmith Steve Jobs was.

I'm so conflicted --- I like Richard Stallman's freedom defending approach, and I also like the capitalist fruits of Steve Jobs...

Anyone else on here want to help make a serious run for Nobel Peace Prize for Stallman?

There's a single-mindedness about both of them which, while undoubtedly a contributor to their greatness, also makes them divisive, unable to compromise, and therefore very bad candidates for the Nobel Peace prize.

Stallman is in a class by himself. Jobs eventually let them build Macs with fans, let iTunes for Windows ship, etc. Whereas Stallman has never wavered. Doesn't he still surf the web via email?

It's OK to like multiple things.

Ever since I stumbled upon this Steve Jobs submission on HN [1], anything positive I read about this man is disdain. There's a dark cloud hanging around his work. I'm getting the vibe that others are feeling the same way too.

I do realize the products Apple has built are the result of the ingenuity of thousands of Apple employees so one can't just discredit their hard work.

-- Cynical me

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7111531

It's only been 24 hours since that link was posted - praise & disdain both tend to come in waves.

People have many facets - not all are good. It's dangerous to play someone up as a savior when they're simply human.

Just FYI, the interview book was originally released in 2000.

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