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> A comment like that would be bad form, spoken of any person dead or alive. > We all know there are people who like and dislike people like Jobs and > Gates > and Lennon. It doesn't do any good to speak like that. It's only going > to > inject a little bit of venom into the minds of people who read this list. I'm not sure I agree. (obviously) I know a lot of people idolizes Steve Jobs, there will be plenty of people praising him and declaring the various accolades. Counter point IS important lest we wash away the truth in a rush to praise. I don't think anything I wrote can not be asserted if we are being honest with ourselves. > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss- >> bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of >> markw at mohawksoft.com >> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 8:27 PM >> To: edwardp at linuxmail.org >> Cc: discuss at blu.org >> Subject: Re: [Discuss] (OT) Steve Jobs 1955-2011 >> >> I know it is bad form to speak ill of the dead, especially the recently >> dead. In the end, Steve Jobs did copy some other people's products in a >> way that people liked, but his business practices were as bad as >> business >> gets. The world has lost a litigious huckster who has squashed the >> innovation of others. >> >> > It is being reported in the media that Steve Jobs passed away this >> > evening. >> > >> > http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/ >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > --- >> > avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. >> > Virus Database (VPS): 111005-1, 10/05/2011 >> > Tested on: 10/5/2011 8:05:45 PM >> > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2011 AVAST Software. >> > http://www.avast.com >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Discuss mailing list >> > Discuss at blu.org >> > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at blu.org >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
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