When an engineer ‘angered’ Steve Jobs so much with his ‘Microsoft tablet’ stories that he told his team, we need to show …
A new book reveals Steve Jobs’ inspiration for the iPad stemmed from a Microsoft engineer’s persistent boasting about tablet technology. Annoyed by repeated pitches, Jobs vowed to create a superior tablet, famously declaring “God gave us ten styluses.” This anecdote highlights the intense Apple-Microsoft rivalry, a central theme in the 50-year history of Apple.
