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minus-squareverdigris@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-215 days agoSure, he was a good salesman, but any perception that he was the idea man was a deliberately cultivated lie. Woz had all the actually good ideas early on, then later it was other engineers.
minus-squareDarren@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·15 days agoIt isn’t enough to have good ideas if you can’t persuade someone to buy them.
minus-squareverdigris@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·15 days agoA) I don’t agree, and B) that’s not really relevant or incompatible with what I said.
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·15 days agoThat only makes sense if you assume the only purpose of ideas is to turn them into profit. Many of my great ideas COST me money, but I still end up better off afterwards.
Sure, he was a good salesman, but any perception that he was the idea man was a deliberately cultivated lie. Woz had all the actually good ideas early on, then later it was other engineers.
It isn’t enough to have good ideas if you can’t persuade someone to buy them.
A) I don’t agree, and B) that’s not really relevant or incompatible with what I said.
That only makes sense if you assume the only purpose of ideas is to turn them into profit.
Many of my great ideas COST me money, but I still end up better off afterwards.