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I strongly think that his legacy are not macs, istuff or money for shareholders. His legacy is this: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/j...bs-061505.html
I had never read it before, I didn't like him and his products. But this thing made me shiver. Respect.
I had never read it before, I didn't like him and his products. But this thing made me shiver. Respect.
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Originally Posted by debernardis
Was all teary eyed after watching that on youtube.
I strongly think that his legacy are not macs, istuff or money for shareholders. His legacy is this: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/j...bs-061505.html
I had never read it before, I didn't like him and his products. But this thing made me shiver. Respect.
There's no question in my mind that the Jobs/Apple single handedly pushed consumer electronics some years to the future, or maybe even more likely pushed to direction that without Apple would have not happened.
I'm not talking about tablets (while that might or might not be his largest legacy in the end), but more about the UI. We don't need to put up a good enough UI's anymore.
Apple's way isn't the only way, but they did put the standard on what kind of performance we should expect.
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Here is an article about his virtues as a businessman, wrote by T. Ahonen some months ago. I think it's just right for the moment.
http://communities-dominate.blogs.co...as-as-ceo.html
http://communities-dominate.blogs.co...as-as-ceo.html
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2011-10-06
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Originally Posted by debernardis
I'm with you. Didn't like him, and I don't like Apple products or the mindset needed to fully accept the Apple way of doing business...
I strongly think that his legacy are not macs, istuff or money for shareholders. His legacy is this: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/j...bs-061505.html
I had never read it before, I didn't like him and his products. But this thing made me shiver. Respect.
...but that is one hell of a speech. If you haven't read it, read it.
Made me think, and sent a shiver down my spine.
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Sailfish want list: calendar bugfixes, glanceable agenda, Swype or similar
Evolution continues (but we're still pre-Cambrian)
Sailfish want list: calendar bugfixes, glanceable agenda, Swype or similar
Evolution continues (but we're still pre-Cambrian)
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My mother always said the most valuable thing in the world is health. She also said it was something you can't buy......I guess she was right.
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He may have been the only CEO of a high technology company without a strong engineering or science background who did more good than harm to his company (as least in the US). He was the opposite of the dimwit MBAs who ruin great US firms like HP, and are paid millions to do it.
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Originally Posted by Ken-Young
OT [/joke] look and watch /joke] at elop . comes quickly from behind
He was the opposite of the dimwit MBAs who ruin great US firms like HP, and are paid millions to do it.
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RIP Steve. Everyone everywhere in New York has an iPhone. I've yet to see ONE N900 or S^3 device anywhere in the city. He did something Nokia still can't do. Sell millions and millions of the same phone to New Yorkers.
He was a class act, he will be missed.
He was a class act, he will be missed.
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Originally Posted by debernardis
Let's not puffer him up too much, folks. He was a great businessman and that's about it. He at least made electronics approachable to more people--but he was no saint. i.e. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...ted-inhumanely
I strongly think that his legacy are not macs, istuff or money for shareholders. His legacy is this: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/j...bs-061505.html
I had never read it before, I didn't like him and his products. But this thing made me shiver. Respect.
Tell me.. does that bring a tear to your eye as well? Let's not go overboard for a man you didn't personally know and kept telling people 'you're holding it wrong!' Think differently.
Also... from http://xkcd.com/961/
ETERNAL FLAME
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Nokia's slogan shouldn't be the pedo-palmgrabbing image with the slogan, "Connecting People"... It should be one hand open pleadingly with another hand giving the middle finger and the more apt slogan, "Potential Unrealized." --DR
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He was a key player in the earlier days of the PC and without him, the industry would have been a completely different place. He should be remembered for that at least before any bashing of the istuff years.
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