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they were not of much importance?

As a unix guy that started off with 300 baud modems and tape drives.... And lived through the Jobs and Gates days.

I don't begrudge either of them their place in the history of humans and using microprocessors.

They both have a strong claim to fame. And deserved the millions/billions they EARNED by suppling a product to a willing customer.

They were human and often wrong.

But on the loss of one. It is polite to say nothing, if you can't find anything nice to say.

Steve Jobs did a good job with selling the first widely sold personal computer.

He's gone. Moment of silence for a pioneer in his field is appropriate.

/johnny

‘He’s gone. Moment of silence for a pioneer in his field is appropriate.”

Perhaps it was not necessary for him to be gone. Dr Nicholas Gonzalaz, MD, treats patients with pancreatic cancer and other cancers successfully. He bases his work on a study he did of Dr William Kelley, DDS, who cured his own pancreatic cancer.

Dr Gonzalaz’ web site is here... http://www.dr-gonzalez.com/index.htm

There are many alternative cancer treatments that do not rely on the typical surgical, chemo, radiation approaches to treatment. Many of the alternative cancer treatments are effective, successful. Mr Steve Jobs is just one of millions of failures of the cut, poison, burn approach to cancer treatment.

Mr Steve Jobs was a successful entrepreneur with a vision of the future, and he helped make the future happen. His legacy will continue to achieve in exciting ways.

Would never deny that the whole "Mac" thing had a positive influence on the evolution of PCs, or at least prodding it along. I say nothing negative about a great engineer. I was an engineer, and know Jobs was way above my pay grade in talent. My one and only experience with an "apple" something PC was an exercise in frustration with an idiot operating system that locked you out of the most basic access. I was told that was how they ("Apple") intended it to be, to keep idiots safe from themselves. OK, that has certainly shaped my perceptions, perhaps unfairly.... I do not drive automatic trans cars for the same basic reason.

My rejection is of the whole airhead cult thing, Ikotex, pads, whatever the orgasm of the month is. Will leave it at that, mac cultists know what I am talking about, but as I mentioned, a certain freeper thinks he has special status and protection, so I cannot even say "Sorry, I can't use a Mac, I am not ....." without threats from certain members.........

Beyond that, I have no need for music downloads (why download garbage?) or watch much of any recent movies, that I gather are using some sort of apple influenced something (whatever this "Pixar" thing is?). Maybe that influence, whatever is is, has a lot to do with why I find all current Hollywerd product unwatchable?

My $0.02, which I am sure the cult will reject.......