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  • Excellent review of Raskin's ideal, imo. And though Jobs is painted as antagonistic towards Raskin, I think he did an amazing job of coming as close to it as a company like Apple in the 70s could. Where will we be in 2036? Impossible to tell, of course. If you take a cue from the ones who dwell on the cutting edge of future theory -- that would be the sci fi writers -- our understanding of the brain and how to access its power may make the word, "computer" an antique by then. Just as my granddaughter wonders what I'm talking about when I say "cassette tape," or "LP album." Me? I'd be satisfied with Michael Creighton's help angel from his novel, Disclosure.
    presser_kun had this to say on Sep 11, 2006 Posts: 3
    Has the Mac Hit Raskin's Ideal?
  • Years ago my company (a print music publisher) sent me to a conference given by Rolland, the digital keyboard company. A top Japanese scientist heavily involved in their R&D at the time spoke of bringing technology down to the masses by broadening the base of the tools. Recording is a good example. Once the domain of specialists, sound engineers with years of experience and hundreds of thousands of dollars of equipment, now anyone with a decent Mac and Logic Pro (even Logic Express!) and a mic or two can produce quality recordings. Granted, there is still a place for the expert, but -- Well, you get my point, I'm sure. Mr. Jobs has brought the technology of music/video distribution (perhaps even creation, to a point) down to the masses. Which means you and I can do whatever we want with content, from share it to create it. Now it might interest you to know these words come from a print music composer. My company specializes in choral and instrumental music for sacred and educational markets. When a piece of music I wrote sells, I get ten percent of the retail price. When someone photocopies it, I get nothing. And yet I welcome what Jobs has almost singlehandedly done. "I want what I want when I want it." That's the American way. I just hope that we'll learn to balance (there's that pesky word!) the desire to have/have for free with the need we all have to honor those who create. If we do, then we'll find that it's distribution that's going away, not the music, the video, or the ideas that make them.
    presser_kun had this to say on May 09, 2006 Posts: 3
    Steve Jobs Broke Hollywood's Back with iTunes
  • I was once interested in this story. But upon hearing the decision I find myself more concerned with wondering if either company is interested in fostering new artists, making new music, instead of fighting over the rights of old (albeit good) music.
    presser_kun had this to say on May 09, 2006 Posts: 3
    Apple vs Apple Records: And the Winner Is...