In the original edition it was a centralized, walled garden, and was a library rather than any sort of application platform much less anything composable or with room for individuals to contribute. Min his view people were just “consumers”.

Myhrvold, Frankston and a few others must have given him a rap on the skull because the second edition was a major rewrite in an attempt to run out in front of the parade and pretend it had always been thus. He kind of got away with it: in those days he was treated in the public mind as if he was the only person on the planet who knew anything about computers.