谈成为皮克斯大股东
原文标题: On Becoming Majority Shareholder in Pixar
背景: 1996年，皮克斯发布《玩具总动员》并举行IPO后的第二年，史蒂夫回顾了最初吸引他加入公司的工作和想法。
核心概念
- 艾德·卡特穆尔 (Ed Catmull) - 1985年遇见卢卡斯影业电脑部门负责人
- 卢卡斯影业 (Lucasfilm) - 皮克斯最初是其电脑部门
- 乔治·卢卡斯 (George Lucas) - 卢卡斯影业创始人
- 皮克斯 (Pixar) - 乔布斯投资的公司
- Apple II (Apple II) - 第一台真正的彩色电脑
- 麦金塔 (Macintosh) - 图形界面
- LaserWriter (LaserWriter) - 激光打印机
内容
中文翻译
我在1985年遇见了艾德·卡特穆尔，他当时管理卢卡斯影业的电脑部门。[……]我一生都涉足图形领域。Apple II，虽然大多数人不记得，是你可以拿到的第一台真正的彩色电脑。麦金塔，显然，是图形。LaserWriter是图形。但这都是2-D。我们在苹果做了一些3-D工作，我当然知道这个领域——但艾德和他的团队在做的东西远远领先于我见过的任何人所做的。
英文原文
On Becoming Majority Shareholder in Pixar, Make Something Wonderful
On Becoming Majority Shareholder in Pixar
In 1996, the year after Pixar released Toy Story and held its IPO, Steve looked back on the work and ideas that first drew him to the company.
I met Ed Catmull, who was running the computer division of Lucasfilm, in 1985. […] I'd been involved in graphics most of my life. The Apple II, though most people don't remember, was the first real color computer that you could get your hands on. The Macintosh, obviously, was graphics. The LaserWriter was graphics. But it was all 2-D. We'd done some 3-D work at Apple, and I was certainly aware of the field—but the stuff that Ed and his team were doing was way ahead of anything I'd ever seen anyone do.
思考与洞察
- 技术先见: 乔布斯一眼看出艾德团队的技术远超时代
- 图形传承: 从Apple II的彩色到麦金塔到皮克斯的3D，乔布斯一生都在图形领域
- 2D到3D的跨越: 苹果的2D图形工作让他意识到3D的潜力
- 卢卡斯影业的分拆: 皮克斯从乔治·卢卡斯的帝国中分拆出来，成为独立公司
- 技术投资: 被技术领先性吸引，而非商业前景