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Macworld 1997: The return of Steve Jobs
Recording of Steve Jobs's 1997 Macworld Boston keynote, in which he reviews Apple's status and announces the partnership with Microsoft, including a $150 million investment and a five-year Office commitment. The audience reaction is part of the draw.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN shares it for a firsthand view of Apple's near-bankruptcy moment and the crowd's booing of the Microsoft deal.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- JC
- Topic
- apple history
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Basically, you get a corporate drama, a human drama and a tech drama all wrapped up in one series of presentations: Jobs' return (as a consultant) 1997, promoting technologies from NeXT. Watch basically everyone asleep at the wheel except Jobs, the man with a plan. …
m_mueller on Hacker News · 2016-12
In ARM-Based Windows 10 Portable PCs? Hell YesI copy from a comment of mine from last week. In case you wanna procrastinate on a fascinating story about how Apple transitioned to NextStep's stack without completely annihilating their already weak developer base, here's a few links: You get a corporate drama, a human …
m_mueller on Hacker News · 2016-12
In 20 years ago, Apple bought NeXT> Apple will publicly announce that […] it will make Internet Explorer the default Worth watching for the crowd reaction: [VIDEO]
Lammy on Hacker News · 2022-08
In Steve Jobs negotiates Apple's deal with Microsoft (1997)
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