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honestly, staging the question is something I can see Steve Jobs doing. Does anybody know who the guy that asked the question is?

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Here's one report about who it was: https://www.quora.com/History-of-Apple-Inc-Whos-the-guy-who-...

Thank you! Sad the what I think is one of the most useful contributions in this thread is buried on the bottom of the page...

Also found this short article that also discusses the clip [1]. Would be nice if someone could find the guy and verify it was him, and also ask him how he feels now about the whole thing.

1: https://kottke.org/15/10/focus-means-saying-no

He was part of the Silicon Valley Linux User Group in the late nineties.

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