hi, i do agree with Christine. and what ever that man was totally awesome. for more than one reason. 1. he made it possible for a blind person too use her or his computer without sighted assistance. 2. he have so far known where the market will run. For not long ago i had a chat with a danish blind friend of mine. We was talking about how he now adored everything mac. So well he asks, Sandi, what is it that makes this os that amazing? I have never had to think that little before i said "BSD" He goes like, but aint that something close too that Linux you was drowning us all in for the last 5 years? Sure thing i said, but ya know what dude? tis is a bout 1 terabyte better. 1. it is stable like a rock 2 you ain't gonna break it. but last but not least. 3. i don't have to come and help you out all the time while i eat pizza, which have always annoyed the H outta me. Don't get me wrong, i will help anyone who wanna start use a mac… but why does it always have too be when i eat pizza that the damn phone starts cheering? I simply can't wait too read his book. He have done so much. Now the huge question is after a bit of time, where will apple go. What will be changed? How will it effect us? have a great day y'all :)
/Sandi On 10/21/11, Christine Grassman <cgrassman1...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think this is leading somewhere that this list should not go. I don't > think this should be a forum for anyone's political beliefs or name-calling, > whether one is on the right, the left, or dead center. > Christine > On Oct 21, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Chuck Reichel wrote: > >> Steve Jobs was correct! >> >> Without FREEDOM Innovative products like Apple produced would never have >> happened! >> >> Regulations and unnecessary costs AKA stemming from "Obama's" Socialist >> Marxists policies will and are at this very moment smothering innovation! >> >> If companies like Apple and those new start ups, are loaded down with >> unnecessary regulations there is not any incentive to take the risks that >> Steve Jobs took! >> >> >> >> Steve Jobs enjoyed the GODLY freedom "endowed by their Creator with >> certain unalienable Rights, Freedom that is, >> >> " that the USA offers and produced Apple! >> >> >> >> Chuck Reichel >> >> In GOD I Trust >> >> >> >> On Oct 21, 2011, at 9:39 AM, Hai Nguyen Ly wrote: >> >>> A glimpse in to the life of a man who changed the life of so many >>> people. >>> >>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/20/steve-jobs-biography-obama_n_1022786.html?1319148475 >>> >>> Steve Jobs Biography Reveals He Told Obama, 'You're Headed For A One-Term >>> Presidency' >>> >>> >>> In one of the most hotly-anticipated biographies of the year, "Steve >>> Jobs," author Walter Isaacson reveals that the Apple CEO offered to >>> design political ads for President Obama's 2012 campaign despite being >>> highly critical of the administration's policies and that Jobs refused >>> potentially life-saving surgery on his pancreatic cancer because he felt >>> it was too invasive. Nine months later, he got the operation but it was >>> too late. >>> >>> Those are just some of the tidbits about Jobs' life revealed in the >>> upcoming biography, a copy of which was obtained by The Huffington Post. >>> The publication date of the official biography of the >>> notoriously-secretive Apple co-founder was pushed up after his death in >>> October. "I wanted my kids to know me," Isaacson quoted Jobs as saying in >>> their final interview. "I wasn't always there for them and I wanted them >>> to know why and to understand what I did." >>> >>> Among other details unearthed in the book on the notoriously-secretive >>> Apple co-founder: >>> >>> Jobs' Meeting With Obama >>> >>> Jobs, who was known for his prickly, stubborn personality, almost missed >>> meeting President Obama in the fall of 2010 because he insisted that the >>> president personally ask him for a meeting. Though his wife told him that >>> Obama "was really psyched to meet with you," Jobs insisted on the >>> personal invitation, and the standoff lasted for five days. When he >>> finally relented and they met at the Westin San Francisco Airport, Jobs >>> was characteristically blunt. He seemed to have transformed from a >>> liberal into a conservative. >>> >>> "You're headed for a one-term presidency," he told Obama at the start of >>> their meeting, insisting that the administration needed to be more >>> business-friendly. As an example, Jobs described the ease with which >>> companies can build factories in China compared to the United States, >>> where "regulations and unnecessary costs" make it difficult for them. >>> >>> Jobs also criticized America's education system, saying it was "crippled >>> by union work rules," noted Isaacson. "Until the teachers' unions were >>> broken, there was almost no hope for education reform." Jobs proposed >>> allowing principals to hire and fire teachers based on merit, that >>> schools stay open until 6 p.m. and that they be open 11 months a year. >>> >>> Aiding Obama's Reelection Campaign >>> >>> Jobs suggested that Obama meet six or seven other CEOs who could express >>> the needs of innovative businesses -- but when White House aides added >>> more names to the list, Jobs insisted that it was growing too big and >>> that "he had no intention of coming." In preparation for the dinner, Jobs >>> exhibited his notorious attention to detail, telling venture capitalist >>> John Doerr that the menu of shrimp, cod and lentil salad was "far too >>> fancy" and objecting to a chocolate truffle dessert. But he was overruled >>> by the White House, which cited the president's fondness for cream pie. >>> >>> Though Jobs was not that impressed by Obama, later telling Isaacson that >>> his focus on the reasons that things can't get done "infuriates" him, >>> they kept in touch and talked by phone a few more times. Jobs even >>> offered to help create Obama's political ads for the 2012 campaign. "He >>> had made the same offer in 2008, but he'd become annoyed when Obama's >>> strategist David Axelrod wasn't totally deferential," writes Isaacson. >>> Jobs later told the author that he wanted to do for Obama what the >>> legendary "morning in America" ads did for Ronald Reagan. >>> >>> Bill Gates And Steve Jobs >>> >>> Bill Gates was fascinated by Steve Jobs but found him "fundamentally odd" >>> and "weirdly flawed as a human being," and his tendency to be "either in >>> the mode of saying you were shit or trying to seduce you." >>> >>> Jobs once declared about Gates, "He'd be a broader guy if he had dropped >>> acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger." >>> >>> After 30 years, Gates would develop a grudging respect for Jobs. "He >>> really never knew much about technology, but he had an amazing instinct >>> for what works," he said. But Jobs never reciprocated by fully >>> appreciating Gates' real strengths. "Bill is basically unimaginative and >>> has never invented anything, which is why I think he's more comfortable >>> now in philanthropy than technology. He just shamelessly ripped off other >>> people's ideas." >>> >>> Meeting His Biological Father >>> >>> Jobs, who was adopted, was a customer at a Mediterranean restaurant north >>> of San Jose without realizing that it was owned by his biological father >>> -- from whom he was estranged. He eventually met his real Dad -- "It was >>> amazing," he later said of the revelation. "I had been to that restaurant >>> a few times, and I remember meeting the owner. He was Syrian. Balding. We >>> shook hands." >>> >>> Nevertheless Jobs still had no desire to see him. "I was a wealthy man by >>> then, and I didn't trust him not to try to blackmail me or go to the >>> press about it." >>> >>> Anticipating An Early Death >>> >>> Jobs once told John Sculley, who would later become Apple's CEO and fire >>> Jobs, that if he weren't working with computers, he could see himself as >>> a poet in Paris. "Jobs confided in Sculley that he believed he would die >>> young, and therefore he needed to accomplish things quickly so that he >>> would make his mark on Silicon Valley history. "We all have a short >>> period of time on this earth," he told the Sculleys. "We probably only >>> have the opportunity to do a few things really great and do them well. >>> None of us has any idea how long we're gong to be here nor do I, but my >>> feeling is I've got to accomplish a lot of these things while I'm young." >>> >>> * * * * * >>> For his first interview about the book, Isaacson talked to "60 Minutes" >>> for the Sunday, Oct. 23 episode, telling host Steve Kroft that he was >>> shocked about Jobs's decision to initially skip surgery for his >>> pancreatic cancer -- that such a genius could make such a wrong decision >>> about his own health. >>> >>> "I've asked [Jobs why he didn't get an operation then] and he said, 'I >>> didn't want my body to be opened ... I didn't want to be violated in that >>> way,' said Isaacson. >>> >>> "I think that he kind of felt that if you ignore something, if you don't >>> want something to exist, you can have magical thinking. ... We talked >>> about this a lot," he told Kroft. "He wanted to talk about it, how he >>> regretted it. ... 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