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The Power is in the Software

Posted by Mavrik | Filed under Tech

This quote is actually more true today than it was in 1994 when Steve Jobs was interviewed by Rolling Stone:

“The problem is, in hardware you can’t build a computer that’s twice as good as anyone else’s anymore. Too many people know how to do it. You’re lucky if you can do one that’s one and a third times better or one and a half times better. And then it’s only six months before everybody else catches up. But you can do it in software.”

Read the link below for more of the interview. I think this is especially true today with the comparison between the iPhone and latest Android phones. The iPhone runs much smoother on “inferior” hardware due to great software development (and this is coming from an Android fanboy).

A Must-Read Classic Steve Jobs Interview: Hardware vs. Software [Gizmodo]

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Tags: Android, Apple, Rolling Stone, Steve Jobs