Steve Jobs' Yacht 'Venus' Launched in the Netherlands

[pubwvj]

Gawd! That is one ugly boat. Fire the designer.

 

[waloshin]

People complaining about the workers getting an iPod Shuffle: They did also get PAID you know, anything extra is out of the generosity of the Jobs family.

How did it come out of the Jobs families pocket?

 

[Clown Boy]

Miser in death just as he was in life. IPod Shuffles...really, how insulting.

The Yacht is fugly and a most ostentatious and grotesque display of wealth I have ever seen. Let's hope its as successful as the Titanic. Lol

Fail

 

[apolloa]

Just to remind people why these craft are obscene displays of wealth. It most like cost around 80 million plus to build, it will have permanent staff and crew on board, it will have astronomical running costs, mooring costs, fule costs. It costs a massive amount more to run a superyacht then a luxury mansion full of supercars in the garage!
Hence the reason the bigger the yacht the richer you are. And I very much doubt you can put it down as business expenses...

 

[1goodidea]

It looks a bit like his last yacht, but snappier.

 

[FireDune]

Even sadder is the fact that Steve was so poor he couldn't give back to society.
Even his fellow pauper Bill Gates has given back some of his wealth, oops, I mean pennies.
Steve Jobs goes down in history as an exemplary example of a greedy man.
But hey... he concealed it well. Just like this canoe

He didn't make his donations public, but that doesn't mean he didn't give anything.
Its a philosophy, a way of being…
I'm pretty sure there is at least one Zen monastery out there raised up with his donations.

Apple as a company didn't give any money until it was completely recovered.
Now it doubles any employees money donated to any charity.

 

[jebbe]

Damn it feels good to be a gangster

 

[macchiato2009]

workers were given an iPod shuffle on behalf of the Jobs family...


a $49 gift for their hard work

 

[macUser2007]

Methinks this is the best designed yacht I have EVER seen.

Wow! Clean ad gorgeous. Stark has a lot of misses, but this is not one of them.

 

[nick_elt]

I think this is the most repulsive thing floating in water. And ive seen a few ***** float.

 

[FireDune]

I agree the Shuffle is an insult. It's a price anchor they hope doesn't sell, so they can move the more expensive Nano.

The Shuffle was a gift. I asume they all get paid.

 

[Hawkeye411]

Absolutely beautiful!

 

[lunaoso]

workers were given an iPod shuffle on behalf of the Jobs family...


a $49 gift for their hard work

$49 more then they had before. Plus they got paid anyway.

 

[Ryth]

iYacht

 

[nick_elt]

Even sadder is the fact that Steve was so poor he couldn't give back to society.

Even his fellow pauper Bill Gates has given back some of his wealth, oops, I mean pennies.

Steve Jobs goes down in history as an exemplary example of a greedy man.

But hey... he concealed it well. Just like this canoe

So greedy he was paid $1 a year salary. I realise he had other bonuses but for leader of a company of that size he could of got tens of millions on top of those.

 

[coolfactor]

Proud to be Dutch!

This yacht was launched 10 kilometers from my house XD
I think it is an nice little boat, But the iMacs are just a joke... Geez

BTW, this is the right video: http://youtu.be/0mUp1PP98uU

Why a joke? Boats are computer-operated these days. Why not use Macs?

 

[AidenShaw]

The spinning beach ball of death, of course....

Why a joke? Boats are computer-operated these days. Why not use Macs?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_6SfMZxoLc&feature=youtu.be

Are we headed towards those rocks? It looks like it. [crunch....bubble bubble bubble]

 

[coolfactor]

Even sadder is the fact that Steve was so poor he couldn't give back to society.

Even his fellow pauper Bill Gates has given back some of his wealth, oops, I mean pennies.

Steve Jobs goes down in history as an exemplary example of a greedy man.

But hey... he concealed it well. Just like this canoe

Steve created a company that has brought us amazing technology. Isn't that enough of a gift to the world? Imagine if *only* Microsoft existed during this era? The world would be a very different place! I'm thankful for Steve and what he created back in 1976 and what eventually grew into the Apple of today.

 

[swagi]

So greedy he was paid $1 a year salary. I realise he had other bonuses but for leader of a company of that size he could of got tens of millions on top of those.

Oh gimme a break. Not that $1 myth again.

We all know that this was a decision to avoid taxes. Educate yourself about the tax system and then come back.

 

[Bubba Satori]

No taste.

Ironic, isn't it?

 

[diazj3]

dunno about 7 iMacs tho, 5 would have been suffice in semi-circular position imho.

Very interesting... you are the only one here that had the courage to say it!!!

Nobody else here has spoken so honestly about this critical technical issue concerning the boat's navigation systems. I bet not even the shipyard's designers, naval architects and nautical engineers had the balls to face this in such brave bold way: 5 imacs instead of 7, in a semi circular position, just like a gaming rig!!! how could they miss this?

I think you should contact them and tell them this. http://www.kdvs.nl/Contact

Good luck.

Cheers!

(just kidding!)

 

[AidenShaw]

Ironic, isn't it?

Did Frank Lloyd Wright design that?

(I'm a big fan of the homes that Frank Lloyd Wright designed, but this looks like a Frank Lloyd Wright houseboat.)

 

[marsmissions]

Aluminum Hulled?! #SINKGATE :O

 

[carmenodie]

Ugly as ****!

 

[miroco]

Visually, the ship would make sense with paddle wheels. It's got a 19th century air to it.