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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by Miraste on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @03:46PM (#24125097)
Apple's fortunes were by no means sinking when they released the iPhone. You could make that argument for the iPod, perhaps. I've always seen OS X and the iMac G3 as the turnaround point, both of which play into GP's idea of simplification and focus.
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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by iso1210 on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @04:19PM (#24125485)
The G3 definitely, it was marketed, and marketed heavily, to the average person in the days of a beige box and computers being complex boring office tools.
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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by underbluewaters on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @12:00PM (#24133371)
People forget about that period between Jobs coming back and the iPhone since their rise afterwards was so incredible. Their laptops and the imac were such a better alternative to the pc at that time and the fan base they developed helped create the conditions for success of the iPhone (which as a bit of a weird product when it arrived).
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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by Ericson2314 on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @03:59PM (#24125267)
Yeah agreed the iPod saved apple. I have 0 clue how everyone has this pre-iPhone amnesia.
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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by freeopinion on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @05:37PM (#24126287)
Yes. Me, either. :)
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