Jean-Louis Gassée è un informatico e programmatore francese.
È noto principalmente per aver sostituito Steve Jobs come direttore responsabile della sezione Macintosh di Apple, ruolo che ha ricoperto dal 1985 al 1991, e per aver fondato Be Inc., la società che ha sviluppato il sistema operativo BeOS.
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“Yet you would not drive a car with your mouth unless you are my mother-in-law.”
NetWorker, November/December 1996
Commenting on the gestures vs. speech debate in computing.
globalandmail.com http://web.archive.org/web/20080706162404/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060602.wappleberry0603/BNStory/Business/home, Simon Avery, June 2006
Attributed
Apple Confidential: The Real Story of Apple Computer, 1999
As President of Apple Products, speaking on the Apple logo
“I didn't realise those spaces were for the emotionally handicapped.”
Andy Hertzfeld in Revolution in the Valley
On seeing Steve Jobs park in a disabled parking space.
Jean-Louis says morally handicapped when he tells this story.
Attributed
Sandy Reed, "Gassee's dual-processor BeBox challenges passe PCs", InfoWorld,
Personal Computer World, July 1990
On the user experience of the Apple Macintosh
Wired, May 1996
Repeated quotation, on many issues, including Microsoft and the BeBox
