In a 1996 interview with Wired magazine, Steve Jobs, upset with Microsoft MSFT +0.05%’s domination of the personal PC market, said, “The desktop computer industry is dead. Innovation has virtually ceased. Microsoft dominates with very little innovation. That’s over. Apple AAPL +0.71% lost. The desktop market has entered the dark ages.” From that quote it appears he’s waving the proverbial white Power Mac, but Jobs would go on to overhaul Apple, ultimately taking the floundering tech company from near-bankruptcy to one of the most profitable corporations in U.S. history.
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