kathmandu Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 With all the money he has, his body should be frozen to bring back to life in future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin OOOD Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 He was a very clever man, a visionary technologist, a good judge of design and an exceptional salesman. He was also apparently a bully and a tyrant in the workplace, traits which found their echos in the aggresively litigious and acquisitive behaviour of his company. He was a monopolist who, despite having dropped acid and despite referring to himself as a buddhist, kept his billions to himself and gave none to charity. His company's products were amongst the most obvious examples of built-in obsolescence whose attractive exterior design hid an interior that was intentionally difficult or impossible for the user to fix on their own, even for something as simple as changing a battery. Like many companies, Apple's product development and marketing rollout were designed specifically to entice people to spend again and again and again in the unnecessary and wasteful pursuit of technological fashion. He also denied paternity of his daughter for quite a few years. There is a hippy bullshit theory which says that cancer is caused by stress... his internal life must often have been difficult for him and for that he has my sympathy, as do his family and close friends. RIP Steve Jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procyon Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Oh, I never read comments on news articles. We can always count on people to be assholes, eh? Unfortunately, as you can see above, OOOD is here to prove you're right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin OOOD Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Unfortunately, as you can see above, I am here to prove you're right. Fixed it for you. The name's Colin, by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotwang Posted October 17, 2011 Author Share Posted October 17, 2011 Do you know for a fact that he gave none to charity? I've never heard anything either way (not that I've been paying attention), though it's possible that he gave money to charity and didn't tell anyone about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insejn Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Do you know for a fact that he gave none to charity? I've never heard anything either way (not that I've been paying attention), though it's possible that he gave money to charity and didn't tell anyone about it. Maybe it's just me but he doesn't seem like a guy who wouldn't tell anyone about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatsu Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Maybe it's just me but he doesn't seem like a guy who wouldn't tell anyone about that. Might very well be. But it seems he was not very interested in the work circumstances of his employes (Foxconn anyone?). As far as I can tell he wasn't any better than the rest of the people in his position so being a buddhist and droping acid didn't make much of a difference. That does of course not make his achievement for Apple any smaller. But being a successful CEO does not automatically make you a good person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insejn Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Frankly, he seemed to be somewhat of a cunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needle ninja Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 ..and the IS how it is in most fields, not just computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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