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"Would like to know, was it donated? Did he buy it? Curious what his thoughts are on this."

Rush is an ardent Apple fan. He talks about his Macs and iPhone frequently.

My point: At some point one must separate the art from the artist. Especially when there is no non-leftist alternative, which is the case in the personal computing world today. Given that reality, I'll choose the best, most-reliable and most-secure product.

Besides, Apple is a publicly traded company. It is not owned by Al Gore or Steve Jobs, though of course they own a portion of it. But so do I--a committed non-leftist!--and so might you if your mutual funds invest in Apple.

>”At some point one must separate the art from the artist.”

A very valid point, and a lesson learned on my part.

>”Especially when there is no non-leftist alternative, “

Agreed, especially since there really seems to be no good guy/bad guy in the mix.

I guess I may just harbor some ill feelings from when Apple was just starting out and you had to buy, Apple software, and apple printers, and apple monitors, and apple this and that and etc etc etc., It was VERY proprietary. I actually was cheering apple on in the hopes they would become more like the IBM compats. Release the programming information so 3rd parties could build products. Allow others the info so YOU can prosper. They didn’t and Apple STILL only holds a very small (correct me if I’m wrong) 5% market share. I don’t know, has that gone up any?

Anyway, to make a long story short, I have no love for someone who says, it’s ALL mine and nobody can have any of it (which is what Jobs did). He found out (the hard way) that’s not the way to go about it.