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Lore Harp McGovern built a microcomputer empire from her suburban home

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551 points adrianhon | 2 comments | 08 Apr 24 15:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.413s | source
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Atreiden[dead post] ◴[08 Apr 24 18:46 UTC] No.39972571[source]▶
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masswerk ◴[08 Apr 24 19:03 UTC] No.39972699[source]▶
To be fair, the fame of Steve Jobs is some of a different story: after his departure from Apple, he had been kind of a persona non grata, and later, with the demise of NeXT (BTW also known for its flat hierarchy and salary structure), not much talked about, either. It was really with the resurgence of Apple and Jobs' 3rd or 4th comeback that he became idolized, especially after the iPhone. This is quite a biography, and it took 30 years and rebuilding the then most valuable company from what seemed to be its sure ruin to achieve this popularity.
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1. yardie ◴[08 Apr 24 20:32 UTC] No.39973404[source]▶
I was just a teen when Jobs becaome iCEO at Apple. It felt like a big deal and the only thing that could have made it bigger was if Woz stepped on stage as well. It really did have the air of the band getting back together. At least that was the case for the Apple faithful.
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2. masswerk ◴[08 Apr 24 20:53 UTC] No.39973591[source]▶
On the other hand, Jean-Louis Gassée was well remembered and there had been high expectations regarding an integration of BeOS, and even rumours of Sun maybe acquiring Apple. Compared to this, Jobs' return felt much like a "small (village) solution" with vague prospects to some. (Notably, this notion of "small" is somewhat ironical, given that Apple had been once one of the most successful startups in US corporate history, second only to Xerox.)