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Nov 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM EST

Pixar: The Early Days A never-before-seen 1996 interview

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ljsocal
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In 1999, Jobs received an award from the Silicon Valley Alum of Harvard Business School for his Pixar work. In his thank you remarks, he said he had no illusions about there being many people who’d be booting up their Power Mac G4 in 50 years but he was dead certain that millions would still be watching Toy Story. Twenty five years in, his prediction holds.

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