Thanks for the video. Not to take away from it , but the accompanying article includes,
"There is nothing about the IBM symbol, for example, that suggests computers, except what the viewer reads into it. Stripes are now associated with computers because the initials of a great computer company happen to be striped."
Don't the 'stripes' in the IBM logo reflect a video display technology, such as CRT, with an electron gun refreshing in horizontal lines? I assumed the low resolution of the logo's stripes reflected the resolution - and therefore the text appearance - that people were used to seeing on computer screens at the time.
> Jobs had a sneak preview of the logo and loves it. As he awaits the verdict from his stuff, he can hardly contain his excitement. Assertive as he is, he values consensus.
That was just ... weird.
Knowing how temperamental and petty Jobs was and seeing how excited he was about the logo and Rand, all others present simply had no choice but to praise it.
No way of knowing what they really thought about it.
"There is nothing about the IBM symbol, for example, that suggests computers, except what the viewer reads into it. Stripes are now associated with computers because the initials of a great computer company happen to be striped."
Don't the 'stripes' in the IBM logo reflect a video display technology, such as CRT, with an electron gun refreshing in horizontal lines? I assumed the low resolution of the logo's stripes reflected the resolution - and therefore the text appearance - that people were used to seeing on computer screens at the time.