3. ~ 1878 ~ 1910
The First Big API Change
Almon Brown Strowger
Convinced that it should be subscribers, rather than the
operator, to decide who to call
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4. That Simple Change Put Users Back in Control.
It Removed the Switchboard Operator Bottleneck,
The Telephone Could Finally Scale Up...
With This New User Centric, Goal-Driven API...
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5. Pre-IPhone API (Wired 2008)
That Continued To Evolve...
User Always Stays in Control
To SIRI
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