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I am truly sorry to seem crass, but there is always that uncomfortable reality where "titans of industry" have their transgressions white-washed out of respect for their good works. Apple under Steve Jobs was a litigious nightmare. Anything that threatened Apple's ever so holy image was sued into damnation. They weren't exactly forthcoming about their *actual* carbon foot print. They took FreeBSD, created Darwin, got volunteers to do a lot of their work, then abandoned Darwin as an open source project. Sorry, I'm just not fan boi. Yes, it is sad when a human being dies. I am sad when ever another human dies. It is a human tragedy. However, the "Steve Jobs" business entity was not a "net positive" in my book. I assert, if you really think about it, not in yours either. > You stay classy, now!- > --RC > > > On 10/05/2011 08:26 PM, markw at mohawksoft.com wrote: >> 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/ >>> >>> >>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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