On the tenth anniversary of Steve Jobs’ death, former Facebook vice president of partnerships Dan Rose took to Twitter to share some stories from his time with the late Apple co-founder. .
The common thread dedicated to Jobs saw Rose talking about his time on Facebook, where the work often brought him face to face with the then CEO of Apple.
“Forced” to create Apple Maps
One of the tweets explains that the CEO of Apple did not want to create a mapping app for iOS, but was forced to do so because the iOS counterpart of Google Maps was not competitive enough.
I had the opportunity to spend time with Steve Jobs towards the end of his life. In a handful of meetings he said a lot that I still remember. He was ruthless, decisive, rude, charming, gracious – sometimes all in the same breath! Here are some stories:
– Dan Rose (@ DanRose999) October 5, 2021
“I don’t want to create maps, but Google won’t put detailed itineraries on iOS, only on Android,” Jobs said according to the tweet, which also discusses how Facebook and Apple have developed an alliance on the common to compete. with Google.
Dislike Microsoft, Twitter
The thread also mentions another instance where Jobs mentioned his aversion to the microblogging platform Twitter.
As the businesses grew closer, Steve approached us to integrate FB’s social graph into iOS. We spent long months negotiating. At one point, the Apple team got frustrated with us and wanted to work with Twitter, but Steve said, “I don’t like Twitter. No one I know uses Twitter.
– Dan Rose (@ DanRose999) October 5, 2021
Jobs also reportedly expressed his dislike of rival Microsoft, which he comically called “Evil” at one point. Jobs even once shared his ideas on building a TV and even talked about a car Apple might make in the future.
I saw Steve shortly after signing a strategic partnership with Microsoft. We were concerned that Google would eventually try to crush us (which turned out to be the right one) and formed an enemy-of-my-enemy alliance. Steve looked at us questioningly and said, “You know Microsoft is evil, don’t you? “
– Dan Rose (@ DanRose999) October 5, 2021
2005 Beginning of Stanford
After a few more short stories of his experiences with Jobs that showed how “ruthless, decisive, rude, charming and gracious” he was, Rose also shared Steve Jobs’ 2005 opening speech at Stanford, which according to Rose, serves as “a great reminder to be brave, to savor life and face death”.
PS – Steve Jobs gave a terrific opening speech at Stanford in 2005. It is a great reminder to be brave, to savor life and to face death. All the more poignant as his cancer relapsed a few years later. https://t.co/1QAOHBiyAK
– Dan Rose (@ DanRose999) October 5, 2021
Steve Jobs passed away on October 5, 2011, exactly 10 years ago. The cause of his premature demise was a complication of a relapse of his previously treated islet of Langerhans islet cell neuroendocrine tumor. A decade later, his legacy not only lives on with Apple, but as a source of inspiration for brilliant minds around the world.
