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Re:The secret call to Andy Grove that may have helped Apple ... by derefr on Thursday July 26, 2018 @02:46AM (#17615513)
Did he simply relent to someone else's pleadings? Or did he see something to change his mind, e.g. a demo of the Windows Carbon shim library proving was possible to bring the macOS aesthetics and features to a Windows iTunes?
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Re:The secret call to Andy Grove that may have helped Apple ... by joezydeco on Thursday July 26, 2018 @07:28AM (#17616572)
In the Issacson biography:

"He didn’t want to make a Windows version of the iPod and iTunes; when all of his lieutenants fought him on it, he eventually conceded they were right, though grudgingly: “Screw it. I’m sick of listening to you assholes. Go do whatever the hell you want.”

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/10/...

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