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Apple as Art
Doc, I just reread your great 1997 article on Apple, Steve Jobs, and computers as Art. Right on! Can I ask if you've tried to relate the "Art Theory" to today's market? Not just for Apple, but more generally? I believe we may be getting to the point where independent software developers are going to find it harder and harder to be relevant, pressed between closed end appliance boxes (Steve Jobs and the machine as envisioned Art) and customers with IT departments who roll their own based on components (called web services in this round) that are mainly about high granularity and customization. Operating Systems either disappear (since from the user's point of view all he sees is an interface and a connection) or become all-encompassing, including much of the applications (appliance point of view). What do you think? Amy Wohl Editor Amy D. Wohl's Opinions Wohl Associates 915 Montgomery Avenue Narberth, PA 19072 (610) 667-4842 amy@wohl.com www.wohl.com subscribe to our weekly Opinions newsletter FREE by clicking here www.wohl.com/signup.htm
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