Comments on: Steve Jobs Giving Big Blue the One-Finger Salute http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/11/18/steve-jobs-giving-big-blue-the-one-finger-salute/ Tech Evangelist Joey deVilla on software development, tech news and other nerdy stuff Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:25:05 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gilbert Palau http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/11/18/steve-jobs-giving-big-blue-the-one-finger-salute/comment-page-1/#comment-6418 Gilbert Palau Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:57:03 +0000 http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/11/18/steve-jobs-giving-big-blue-the-one-finger-salute/#comment-6418 The mentality behind apple has always been to create a computer that is an extension of the human "touch". I agree with you that Apple didn't really realize their notion of Personal Computer till in my opinion the launch of the original Mac. I own a working Apple IIe and to me it was as primitive as the IBM 5100. You really couldn't expect a lot of at that time and era, but Apple always pushed that personalized touch. Was it arrogant? Yes. But looking at it now, IBM could never compete with Microsoft and they never made a competent OS (Software) solution of their own, instead they bowed down and took it in the back from Microsoft. That kind of statements is what has driven Apple. Boldness. And he gave them the finger then, because they could, and they still do. The mentality behind apple has always been to create a computer that is an extension of the human “touch”. I agree with you that Apple didn’t really realize their notion of Personal Computer till in my opinion the launch of the original Mac. I own a working Apple IIe and to me it was as primitive as the IBM 5100. You really couldn’t expect a lot of at that time and era, but Apple always pushed that personalized touch. Was it arrogant? Yes. But looking at it now, IBM could never compete with Microsoft and they never made a competent OS (Software) solution of their own, instead they bowed down and took it in the back from Microsoft.

That kind of statements is what has driven Apple. Boldness. And he gave them the finger then, because they could, and they still do.

]]> By: Rohan Jayasekera http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/11/18/steve-jobs-giving-big-blue-the-one-finger-salute/comment-page-1/#comment-2610 Rohan Jayasekera Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:02:59 +0000 http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/11/18/steve-jobs-giving-big-blue-the-one-finger-salute/#comment-2610 IBM actually introduced a personal computer in October 1975, the IBM 5100. This predated even the Apple I (1976), let alone the Apple II (1977), and was far more impressive than anything Apple made for years. I have one (built in 1976 I think) and it still works just fine. For Apple to have pretended that it didn't exist, and claim to have "invented the first personal computer system", displays Steve Jobs' arrogance even more than the photo does. IBM actually introduced a personal computer in October 1975, the IBM 5100. This predated even the Apple I (1976), let alone the Apple II (1977), and was far more impressive than anything Apple made for years. I have one (built in 1976 I think) and it still works just fine. For Apple to have pretended that it didn’t exist, and claim to have “invented the first personal computer system”, displays Steve Jobs’ arrogance even more than the photo does.

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