This has the air to me of something that wasn't planned initially, but Jobs is reacting to the bad press about the "closed" iPhone/iPod Touch. Seems he's a lot more flexible now. It took 20 years for Apple to release a mouse with more than one button.

Quoted: Third Party Applications on the iPhone/iPod Touch. Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have ...

Fascinating comparison of the font philosophy of the two companies, reflecting deeper truths about them as well.

Quoted: Apple and Microsoft have always disagreed in how to display fonts on computer displays. Today, both companies are using sub-pixel rendering to coax sharper-looking fonts out ...

Stock Backdating - Jobs avoids penalties

Quoted: It's become clear by now that a major job for our legal system is trying to figure out a way that we can simultaneously (1) punish those greedy backdating wrongdoers; and (2) keep Steve Jobs out of jail. It's getting harder.

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Quoted: you can now relive, play, and enjoy old Apple 2 games and other disks through the internet and web browser