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It wasn't that Microsoft was so brilliant or clever in copying the Mac, it's that the Mac was a sitting duck for 10 years. That's Apple's problem: Their differentiation evaporated.

— Steve Jobs Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company (2004)

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We think basically you watch television to turn your brain off, and you work on your computer when you want to turn your brain on.

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I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what's next.

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We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.

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