Steve Jobs Quoting Alan Kay
Overview
A short excerpt from the 2007 iPhone launch where Steve Jobs quotes Alan Kay: people serious about software should make their own hardware. It explains part of why Apple built the phone itself.
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Cited whenever HN discusses Apple's vertical integration and its custom silicon.
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Video by Chunka Mui, played through YouTube.
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