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RIP Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
t3design:
--- Quote from: TopJimmyCooks on October 05, 2011, 08:42:31 pm ---I'm no apple fanboi (who here is, really)
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I am.
dfmaverick:
I may have to throw in my old VHS tape of Triumph of the Nerds to see the beginnings of Jobs and Apple.
TopJimmyCooks:
--- Quote from: t3design on October 05, 2011, 09:36:24 pm ---
--- Quote from: TopJimmyCooks on October 05, 2011, 08:42:31 pm ---I'm no apple fanboi (who here is, really)
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I am.
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No disrespect intended. Just noting that this is not an apple love site as so many have become, due to the heavy pc/linux subject matter bias.
Necro:
Honestly, while he did some cool stuff with apple in the beginning, in the end (and what everyone knows him for) he was just a CEO that was willing to take major risks that aesthetically pleasing products would sell over those that had better specs, capabilities, etc., and was a complete ---meecrob--- bag businessman in dealing with competitors (and customers). To say he personally redefined everything is ridiculous - he let the engineers and designers at Apple have more of a say than the did at other places, he didn't invent the iPod, iPad and OS himself - and half the features/things Apple devices have are simply redo's/ripoffs of features smaller software companies tried in their own software that Apple saw, liked, ripped off, and didn't pay them for (e.g., bookshelf view on the iPad for one).
Sad he died so young - just goes to show you that for some things, money doesn't mean anything.
(Note on the above: the way he's been deified in the past and the similar treatment now just pisses me off...sorry...that and if I don't vent I'm going to start a shitstorm by posting something similar on facebook)
saint:
I cut my teeth back in the day on an Apple II during a summer "introduction to computers" course taught at the local college when I was in high school, and my life and career were set in motion after that. I jumped ship to a Commodore 64 but if not for that class who knows where my life might have taken me? This site might not exist for one thing. Thank you Steve.
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