“You can converge a toaster and refrigerator, but these things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user.”

— Tim Cook

During the Q & A session after an earnings call http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/24/apples-chiefs-offhand-comment-spawns-internet-tribute/ (2012-04-24)
Cook was asked about converging touch- and mouse-based operating systems into one product, like Microsoft's Windows 8.

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