Very conflicted here. Can a man truly be "great" if he acts like a jackass? I'm not so sure. You can tell a lot about people in how they treat others, especially those powerless when compared to them.
I may or may not have some emotions about Steve...
That is all
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That sucks.
I'll bet Adobe loves seeing that "Videos require Flash" footnote.
Adobe: In yer face, Apple!
Videos require Flash.
They said in the interview that Steve Jobs did not know how to design either hardware or software. I wonder if he dropped out of college because he was failing at it?
Very conflicted here. Can a man truly be "great" if he acts like a jackass? I'm not so sure. You can tell a lot about people in how they treat others, especially those powerless when compared to them.
I'm curious, why did he refuse, or was so against and hated the idea of some of those early employees getting some stock options? Like what was the logic behind lets say being so against Wozniak giving them some shares? Sounded like an messed up thing to do, but I'm keeping an open mind.
Judging from his propensity towards perfectionism maybe he just thought they didn't deserve it.I too, wondered the same exact thing.
60 Minutes (the show) has three segments of roughly 15 minutes each. The Jobs segment was the first. What you are able to download is the segment that was televised, with additional content.
Judging from his propensity towards perfectionism maybe he just thought they didn't deserve it.
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"Videos require Flash" - Good old Steve must be turning in his grave..
More like a propensity for being a callous prick.
CommercialsI dont understand. Part 1 and 2 combined is about 30 minutes. 60 minute episodes are about 42 minutes.
I know people are going to criticize you for this comment, but the fact is, most people give him the benefit of the doubt over and over.
When it comes to charity, for example, he stopped all of Apple's non-profit work and apparently didn't do much of that personally. People will say, "oh, well, he wanted to improve the world through his products." Yes, but people pay a premium to have Apple's premium products, so I'm not sure if that's really the point. It's not like there are many poor people who get to enjoy Apple's products, and when people talk about charity, they're talking about the poor, not the wealthy.
The point when I really got upset was when I read (or heard...can't remember) him criticizing Gates as basically a failure and went on to say that it's good he's out of the technology sector and concentrating on all of that foundation stuff. It was so cynical and so ridiculous. Gates is clearly a super bright guy who has decided to do some very great things at the end of his life, and I have a lot of respect for that. Everything I've read about how Gates dedicates himself to solving major problems that affect millions of people has made me respect him more and more. People may have a sour taste in their mouths about him because of Microsoft (myself included), but I think that what he's doing, abstracted from his name, is more respectable that many people would give him credit for when they see his name.
To me, Jobs was clearly a genius and a very shrewd guy. I didn't know him personally, so I try to judge him on the face-value of his comments and not read too much into them. Many people seem to just give him endless breaks, though, not realizing that disagreeing with something he did or said doesn't negate your respect for the work he did or the intelligence he possessed.
The reality distortion field does not need to extend to you. It's good to have crazy geniuses in this world, and as the interviewer noted, delusional, out-there thinking probably contributed to breakthroughs for Jobs.
I know people like Jobs: very intelligent, but conceited and stubborn. I can respect them for what they are, but also look very clearly at what they are not. I hope you can do the same.
I could not have been more dismayed when Walter Isaacson, this so-called expert on Steve Jobs, stated the following (I paraphrase) regarding the state of Apple at the time of Jobs return:
Apple was 90 days from bankruptcy! Out of money!
Not only is this a LIE, presumably out of ignorance, but it doesnt even make sense. Somehow, magically, money appears out of nowhere to save Apple simply because Steve Jobs is hired as a consultant. *DING-a-LING* Insert MIRACLE here. RIGHT.
Youre a sucker for stooopid, Walter Isaacson. Youve just destroyed your reputation as an historian: TOTAL FAIL.
Now Im going to worry what other distortions and rumor mongering this dope puked up into his book about Steve Jobs. This particular type of reality distortion is sick and sad. Steve Jobs deserves a hell of a lot better biographer. Either that, or Isaacson is one gullible dunce for believing this dusty old tall tale about Apple.
(I have to wonder: Was Steve Jobs pulling a trick on Isaacson by telling this tall tale? Jobs always did have a tinge of berzerker).
CBS News has uploaded the videos to Youtube.
Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jqSK8Qv4ZY&feature=channel_video_title
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXcfDN6L9d8&feature=channel_video_title