Steve Jobs 1955-2011

He didn’t want to move jobs overseas.

sort of stopped reading your diatribe right there.
How long did he try to keep the jobs here? Probably a single board meeting. But that does not matter, it was the right and profitable thing to do.

He deserves all the kudo's in the world for ALL he did that created the products, and built them at the lowest possible price.

It was no hard choice though, it was more profitable to do it over seas and he did.

Oh, and one important point... many yelled "monopoly" at MS if they went anywhere near making computers to or assisting in the manufacture of them with better pricing on the OS. APPLE not only demanded they were the only ones who could legally make apple machines and the OS.... and software. They wanted the whole chain of money, even selling in their stores!!

Apple filed suit at the drop of a hint anyone was making apple clones or software for Apples. So be honest with yourself, Jobs was a business carbon copy of MS, just meaner about the OS, hardware, and software. And at least as fast to sue as MS if they got the slightest hint their stuff was being infringed.

He was MS, jut slicker legally at retaining control of ALL of it.

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