Henry Ford 1908 – Steve Jobs 2010

by Justin Horn on Apr 30th, 2010 @ 1:44 am

In 1908 Henry Ford believed horses and steam engines were the past and wanted to create a new type of light engine (internal combustion). In 2010 Steve Jobs drops Flash to support HTML5, which he believes is the future of the web.

Love this section from Henry Ford’s press release:

All the wise people demonstrated conclusively that the engine could not compete with steam. They never thought that it might carve out a career for itself. That is the way with wise people – they are so wise and practical that they always know to a dot just why something cannot be done; they always know the limitations.

Wonder how many people though Ford was crazy at the time?

Henry Ford’s 1908 open letter on engines (image version / text version)

Steve Jobs 2010 open letter on the web and flash

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