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As you watch the drama unfold, answer the following questions about the foundation and growth of Apple Inc., and Microsoft Corporation.
What was the purpose of everything Steve Jobs did including Apple, Inc.?
Could Steve Jobs have succeeded without Steve Wozniak? Why or why not?
What did the symbols in the Apple 1984 Super Bowl Commercial mean?
Why was Steve Jobs fired?
What strategic mistakes did Xerox corporation make?
What strategic mistakes did IBM make?
How did Bill Gates start MS DOS?
What was the nature of the conflict between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates?
Who won in their contest? Why?
Explanation / Answer
1. The reason behind the things that Steve Jobs did was innovation and its interaction and use by people. He wanted to create the perfect product, the perfect design and the perfect bridge that people and the machine can have a relationship between the different entities.
2. No, Steve Jobs would not have been as successful without the help of Steve Wozniak. This is due to the fact that while Steve Jobs had ideas and the mental strength to see them through, it was Wozniak's idea that started the spark. In the mind of Steve Jobs. People said they were inspired by him while it is true that he was inspired by the initial design by Wozniak.
3. The symbols in the Apple commercial like the running woman and the sledgehammer symbolizes the coming of apple into the world and breaking through the conformity that is introduced into the society due to the use of the machines.
4. Jobs was fired from his position due to the reason that his perfectionist nature had caused the product to lose budget and only and redesigning everything over and over was causing the people to lose money, time as well as faith in both the product and the ability of Steve Jobs to manage the responsibilities and his own perfectionist side while delivering the product that was promised.
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