I have to say that Steve had some real brass ones. :) That is one thing I would say about Steve Jobs is he said what he thought and you always knew where you stood with him. You have to respect people like that.
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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