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Steve Jobs And Jeff Bezos Meet The Segway

Posted by simoniker on from the jobs-and-bezos-meet-frankenstein dept.

deadwood writes "Ever wanted to know what Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos really thought about the Segway the first time he saw it? At the Harvard Business School site, there's an excerpt from the new book 'Code Name Ginger', giving a recounting of the Apple and Amazon bosses' first impressions of the device. Steve Jobs' gut reaction, quoted in the article: 'I think it sucks!'"

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  1. Segway = Java by mabu · · Score: 0, Troll

    Slower, goofy looking, gimmicky, 99.9% marketing-hype driven "new technology" that is basically recycled old technology that was promised to revolutionize the world, but never was able to prove it was superior in any way to existing solutions. This amazing new "innovation" later became embroiled in legal battles over acceptance on the street.

  2. Re:this week i reach 1,000 miles on the segway ht by Hobbex · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ok, we get it. We've heard it.

    It is impossible for any reader of this site not to have read about how great your Segway is, since you have posted it and a link to your cheesy site on every Segway related story since God knows when. It's getting kind of tiring.

    (And no, I don't care whether you are astroturfing or just weirdly compelled to incesstantly advertise the Segway on your own.)

  3. Re:The President... by scottymonkeypants · · Score: 1, Troll


    "Only a moron could fall off a segway."

    They were right.

  4. Re:Jobs is a good businessman by cpeterso · · Score: 1, Troll


    Don't forget: "No floppy disk drives."

    --
    cpeterso