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I didn't know Steve Jobs was a crybaby.

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Jobs cried over just about everything. He cried at the beginning of Apple after Woz's father pushed his son to take more ownership of the company because he thought Jobs wasn't doing much work. Jobs went over to Woz's home and bawled his eyes out. Woz kept him on. Jobs cried when his employee badge said #2 instead of #1 (which went to Woz), then ended up getting badge #0. He cried when Apple pushed him out of the company. He cried at Pixar during a battle with Disney. He cried when Time put the Mac on its cover instead of him. He cried when he saw the famous Apple "1984" ad for the first time. He cried about Windows "copying" the Mac.
He cried over design questions, like when the iMac team put a tray-based CD drive in the machine rather than a slot-loading drive. He cried over deep issues of personal privacy, such as the moment his cancer first became public and shareholders were braying for information. He cried because he wanted the original Apple II to have a one-year warranty, rather than 90 days.
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Pitiful...maybe he had testicular cancer instead of pancreatic? that would explain such pitiful and unmanly behavior D:
 
The guy was this generations Edison and built the most valuable company on the planet.

If he had to cry a lot to do it, more power to him.
 
i don't own or care to own any apple products, but that doesn't mean i'm going to hate on the man that built them. especially now that he's dead.
 
The people who try and detract from his accomplishments are laughable.
The entire world acknowledges his accomplishments with the exception of a few internet trolls.
 
Patranus said:
The guy was this generations Edison and built the most valuable company on the planet.

If he had to cry a lot to do it, more power to him.
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hyperbole much?

though I agree so what if he cries. it sounds he really cares (aside from the obvious ego issues).
 
Patranus said:
The guy was this generations Edison and built the most valuable company on the planet.

If he had to cry a lot to do it, more power to him.
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lol /facepalm

i don't care he was emotional. hell thats part of what made him a genius. but to say he built the most valuable company on the planet? heh
 
Sure he accomplished a lot, but he still stole his ideas.

I don't really care if he was a crybaby, he still did more then all of us.
 
waggy said:
lol /facepalm

i don't care he was emotional. hell thats part of what made him a genius. but to say he built the most valuable company on the planet? heh
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Jobs came back when Apple had a market cap of ~$5billion and was close to bankruptcy. When he died Apple had a market cap close to $400billion.

While Apple was rebuilding, Jobs was also the CEO of Pixar. He was CEO of two multi-billion corporations at the same time.

Pixar, he bought for what $10million. Sold it for ~$8billion.

People try to denigrate his name, say he stole ideas(hint: every company steals ideas, almost everything is a derivative off something before it, you take an idea and build upon it, make it better, etc). He may not be a technological genius, but he was most definitely one of the top businessmen(not just a sale men like some like to call him) of all time.
 
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The man was a genius and Edison pales in comparison to him. The moment Steve died I through out all my PC and replaced them with Apple products.
 
Bateluer said:
Wait, because he stole all his ideas from other people?
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it got him where he was at didn't it? more power to him.
I'd steal ideas to become a famous billionare and top dog at one of the most successful companies ever...woulnd't you?
dunno bout the Edison comparison, but certainly no typical Joe out there could do a fraction of what he did just in the last 10 years.
 
System_Mechanic said:
dunno bout the Edison comparison, but certainly no typical Joe out there could do a fraction of what he did just in the last 10 years.
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And your average Joe couldn't do what Gary Dahl did.

Doesn't mean it was actually useful.

The Apple cult causing people to buy Apple products != technological advancement. We would still have computers, MP3 players, and smartphones without Apple. To give Apple credit for any of these things would be akin to giving ExxonMobil credit for oil. "OH PRAISE BE THE MIGHTY EXXONMOBIL CEO FOR HE BESTOWEST THE BOON OF LIQUID MAGIC UNTO US!"
Both ExxonMobil and Apple are perfectly replaceable.
 
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DominionSeraph said:
And your average Joe couldn't do what Gary Dahl did.

Doesn't mean it was actually useful.

The Apple cult causing people to buy Apple products != technological advancement. We would still have computers, MP3 players, and smartphones without Apple. To give Apple credit for any of these things would be akin to giving ExxonMobil credit for oil. "OH PRAISE BE THE MIGHTY EXXONMOBIL CEO FOR HE BESTOWEST THE BOON OF LIQUID MAGIC UNTO US!"
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of course they would still be there...but you would only be speculating by saying they would be just as popular and sought after. I don't think anyone would deny that Tablets would not be the hot trendy item right now if it weren't for Apple.

i'm not partial to brands, i know what i like. but its very obvious of Apples influences in the consumer market for slick gadgets. snake oils or not, in the end, all that matters to any company out there is the $$$$ and Apple won in that dept.
MS, samsung...none of them guys generated the mass appeal to flock to their products. mostly cause of the little things, the interactivity, user experience..etc. Companies like MS just slap out products without really tweaking them first. Apple changed those ideas in some companies now. Samsung is doing much better cause of Apple, others are copying their tweaks and little things like that as well.
 
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