[Swordmaker]

Apple founder Steve Jobs commencement speech report from AP - PING!

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[Hodar]

Is he wrong? Simple question; would Jobs have gone on to form Apple if he stayed in school? I think not.

How about Bill Gates? He dropped out, and didn't do too shabby with Microsoft.

And we have Michael Dell, dropping out of UT (Austin) and is barely squeaking by with Dell.

So, let's all tell these people how bad they are for dropping out; I dare say the least of them have exceeded the best of us.

Timing is everything, there's no substitute for hard work; and although education is important, sometimes all it takes is a good idea and some hard work.

[durasell]

He's just looking to boost the labor pool of people available cheap to clean the many bathrooms in his mansion...

[skr]

I wonder how many of his executives don't have degrees.

[Freedom of Speech Wins]

Some of these Stanford intellectuals even have to show up Steve jobs. How clever. I am sure it was a meaningful protest. Some garbage dump somewhere may have a few less computer parts and a few more of something else as a result.

[AZLiberty]

He said his real education started when he "dropped in" on whatever classes interested him _ including calligraphy.

Some read this as him sitting in on classes without paying. If this is true, his attitude toward getting free "bits" has changed dramatically.

[familyop]

Yes, some corporations that turn undergrad program dropouts away from software development jobs may soon be unable to compete. Getting a degree is a small task in comparison to learning to efficiently write good code. For the most part for most people, the two are separate endeavors.

[antiRepublicrat]

Before the ceremony, a plane rented by the Computer TakeBack Campaign, an environmental group, flew over the stadium with a banner that read: "Steve, don't be a mini player _ recycle all e-waste."

Do these people realize how much pollution a private plane puts out? And how much of that plane will be recycled when the airframe hits its end-of-life?

[HAL9000]

Transcript of Jobs' commencement speech