THE VIDEO SHELF · steve jobs on taste
Steve Jobs on Microsoft
A 1996 clip of Steve Jobs saying that Microsoft lacks taste and is not a creative company.
Why HN readers recommended it
Cited when HN discusses taste and vision in product companies.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- JoshuaG
- Topic
- steve jobs on taste
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2009–2022
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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One thing that he really forced down all our throats was the importance of taste. He knew what he wanted, and he made us all see how great it was. Here's a clip from back in 1996, before his return to Apple, where he talks …
kemayo on Hacker News · 2011-10
In Steve Jobs has diedBecause they lack taste for quality and efficiency, they don't want to invest in R&D and they don't know how to retain talents So you get companies that stagnate and higher ups are too focused on building a huge wealth and work hard to secure …
Shadonototra on Hacker News · 2022-07
In Ask HN: Why no company is able to deliver Apple M1/M2 performance per watt
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