John Walton dies in plane crash

[solvs]

Second, Sam and his son have nothing to do with the current state of Wal-Mart. That's like blaming Walt Disney for Eisner's actions.

Exactly. I don't know the man personally, and I can't stand Wal-Mart, but he was just a board member. I would hardly classify him as evil. Though the company as a whole is a soulless machine, he was not. It is possible that he is one of the board members that cared more about using their resources to help more than just publicity and to cover up the mistakes. But he may not be, we don't know and probably never will.

I understand the criticism, to the dead we owe nothing but truth... but I'd ask that we please try to remain civil at least.

 

[iJon]

Hearing the name John Walton reminds me of one of my favorite TV show's, "The Walton's" The simple life and how a family dealt with the depression and up through and past World War II.

Being that John was a medic in Vietnam brings him close to my beloved profession. He's also close to my age. I'm sure that as iJon said a lot of good things have been done. My prayers go out to his family and friends.

Yeah, the CNN articles don't talk to much on what all he has done for schools and what not. Today our newspaper articles were pages long honoring him and showing what all he has done for the the community. To start off he gave my school $350 million in the past 5 years (thats just small portion of what he has done to help). Biggest donation to any public university ever. He never really enjoyed the publicity that came with his family name, thats why he made himself comfortable in Wyoming.

jon

 

[FoxyKaye]

I don't want to turn this into a political issue, but after watching a 60 Minutes episode on Wal-Mart and India sweat shops, I could care less for Wal-Mart or their greedy founders.

Ayup - saw this headline and yawned. Maybe it's an extended version of the "Wal-Mart Effect" - after the store has killed all local businesses, it goes after its founders.

 

[iJon]

after the store has killed all local businesses

Personally, I don't see it any different than Apple opening their stores and killing off it's specialists that started with Apple 20 years ago when they needed all the help they could get.

But like I said, that's my own very personal opinion.

jon

 

[Lacero]

Couldn't he afford a parachute?

 

[FoxyKaye]

Personally, I don't see it any different than Apple opening their stores and killing off it's specialists that started with Apple 20 years ago when they needed all the help they could get.

Actually, me neither. It's a small thing, but I make a point not to buy anything in a bricks-and-morter Apple Store because of this.

Apple was really mean to MacAdam here in the Bay Area, and they finally had to close down. And MacAdam always gave the love when I'd go in there - from toying with suspicious MoBos to help me diagnose hardware problems (usually with no charge unless they did an actual machine intake) to being really smart and friendly... That was one keen staff, and frankly I haven't really seen it rivaled with an Apple Store: sure, at an Apple Store they can help you with a flaky, late-model G4, but bring in a Beige G3 or Clamshell iBook and they'd look at you like you just peed on the counter.

 

[iJon]

Couldn't he afford a parachute?

What a clever statement . Being a skydiver myself, you have to be up quite a bit to benefit from a parachute. Don't know all the details, but I doubt he was high enough to enjoy the benefits of a chute.

jon

 

[iJon]

Actually, me neither. It's a small thing, but I make a point not to buy anything in a bricks-and-morter Apple Store because of this.

Apple was really mean to MacAdam here in the Bay Area, and they finally had to close down. And MacAdam always gave the love when I'd go in there - from toying with suspicious MoBos to help me diagnose hardware problems (usually with no charge unless they did an actual machine intake) to being really smart and friendly... That was one keen staff, and frankly I haven't really seen it rivaled with an Apple Store: sure, at an Apple Store they can help you with a flaky, late-model G4, but bring in a Beige G3 or Clamshell iBook and they'd look at you like you just peed on the counter.

Well trust me, the specialists (that are still here) still appreciate people like you. Maybe I don't feel the full affect of Wal-Mart cause here in my town there are quite a few local grocery store chains that I support simply cause they are closer to me and quicker to get in and out of than a Wal-Mart. People say you can't blame Apple, they are in the market to make money and they are doing it. Well, Wal-Mart is out there to make money and they are doing a pretty good job of it.

Just my 2¢

jon

 

[~Shard~]

Couldn't he afford a parachute?

Easy Lacero, that's a little on the tasteless side. A human being has died here, please keep that in mind.

 

[Lacero]

Sorry, I was being facetious.

 

[~Shard~]

Sorry, I was being facetious.

No worries, just keep in mind that due to the medium we are in, sometimes people's tone of voice, attitude and intent are not properly conveyed.

(Emoticons can help, but even then, sometimes that's pushing it. )

 

[mvc]

Good Night, John Boy