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Saturday, October 22, 2011

The New York Times reviews ‘Steve Jobs’ by Walter Isaacson: Replete with passion and excitement – MacDailyNews - Welcome Home

The New York Times reviews ‘Steve Jobs’ by Walter Isaacson: Replete with passion and excitement – MacDailyNews - Welcome Home: “Skeptic after skeptic made the mistake of underrating Steve Jobs, and Mr. Isaacson records the howlers who misjudged an unrivaled career,” Maslin reports. “‘Sorry Steve, Here’s Why Apple Stores Won’t Work,’ Business Week wrote in a 2001 headline. ‘The iPod will likely become a niche product,’ a Harvard Business School professor said. ‘High tech could not be designed and sold as a consumer product,’ Mr. Sculley said in 1987.”

“Mr. Jobs got the last laugh every time,” Maslin reports. “‘Steve Jobs’ makes it all the sadder that his last laugh is over.”