[Dr. Ursus]

I wonder if anyone will shed tears when thevWoz dies?

[Swordmaker]

The ultimate Finger raised to Steve Jobs documentary film cataloging every foible and flaw in his life. As the review puts it "Gibney's documentary is. . . a film that roots around in his misdeeds and mean traits, not in search of a complete portrait, but in the spirit of a Judgment Day prosecutor who knows damn well the defendant was not a holy man.". Gibney has appointed himself to besmirch the legend of Steve Jobs.— PING!

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[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

I simply do not get the fascination with Jobs. He employed companies in China where people commit suicide while on the job because of the long hours and deplorable work conditions. The companies put nets outside of the windows to catch people who try to jump to their deaths!

Gates and his wife donate millions to people in need and other foundations and yet Jobs is wonderful and Gates is the anti-Christ.

It boggles my mind! ;-)

[catnipman]

I agree. Aside from co-inventing the single-board PC(and forever changing the world forever), and single-handedly inventing digital publishing (and thereby changing the world forever), downloadable music by the song (and thereby changing the world forever), directing the invention of a Unix (NeXTSTEP - one with plug ‘n drivers, etc.) that is useful on PCs at his Next, Inc. company (and thereby changing the world forever) , inventing the iphone, ipod, and ipad (and thereby changing the world forever), and saving Disney by having his Pixar company merge with (actually subsume) Disney, Steve Jobs didn’t do squat.

Reference: “Jobs” by Walter Isaacson

[BradyLS]

Jobs was a fascinating man. I read John Sculley’s book and remember the Guy Amelio days. My first “Mac” was a PowerComputing clone.

I don’t know how Jobs could get away with treating folks the way he did—even being the kind of genius he was, though I bet that explains a lot of it.