Every time I read, or hear anyone speak about, working for Apple, I always think, "Who would put up with crap like that from a multi-billion dollar corporation?"<p>And yet, many people do. Just goes to show what good design, maniacal focus, and a charismatic leader can do, I guess.
"We wanted to release a Windows version as part of Windows 98, but sadly, Microsoft has effective building security"<p>For once they do something good, are they still being bashed for it :)
A great classic.<p>People who enjoyed it are urged to read more like it at the mac-oriented Folklore website:<p><a href="http://www.folklore.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.folklore.org/</a><p>A treasure!
They gave a talk at Google about it:
<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7497796873809571567" rel="nofollow">http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7497796873809571567</a>
<i>The secret to programming is not intelligence, though of course that helps. It is not hard work or experience, though they help, too. The secret to programming is having smart friends.</i><p>I think there's a lot of truth to this. It's the real reason some of the best software comes from universities.
Previously:
<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1741" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1741</a>,
<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=169149" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=169149</a>,
<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=170373" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=170373</a> (video)<p>It would be nice to add year to the title if the article is old.
i like these oldies but goodies, too, but can a story from 2004 really be considered (hacker) <i>news</i> ? i don't think the chronologically "what's new" aggregator is not the right solution for "best things of all time".<p>it's no good if this story pops up every year. hacker news should prevent duplicate urls, and perhaps provide more browsing options, eg monthly top stories.