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by throwaway45467 979 days ago
Minor correction —- Jobs was a living legend at that point, but wasn’t CEO again, yet.

Not sure that it was a different world in the way you mean. Back then, as today, leaders of leading tech giants wouldn’t be in that setting taking questions from developers. It was a different Apple; one whose prospect of survival was in question, which needed developers not to abandon the platform, and needed employees not to abandon the company.

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You’re right, not even iCEO yet.

But it was certainly a different Apple. Can you imagine Cook, Federighi or Ternus on a theater taking any random question? I’d love that, but it’s not going to happen.