Cortese's Corner - The Off-Topic Chat Thread

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Hermes Bingberg said:
Steve Jobs: bloody awful.

Fitting.
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It's not Steve Jobs fault that there are so many " latest must have " merchants out there !

I know what you mean , but the APPLE service suits a lot of people . If that's for ease of use , or fashion statement , who knows . Who cares if you are an APPLE accountant ..............
 
Amsterdam is great, my cousin lives there. So I have been there a few times.
 
Le Tissier's Laces said:
Really? What makes you say that? He may well be, but never thought of him as such.
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Number 1 Jasper said:
It's not Steve Jobs fault that there are so many " latest must have " merchants out there !

I know what you mean , but the APPLE service suits a lot of people . If that's for ease of use , or fashion statement , who knows . Who cares if you are an APPLE accountant ..............
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Well...you've got me started now.

In 1997 an "anonymous party" sold 1.5 million shares of Apple stock, causing the company to make its biggest losses in twelve years. Steve Jobs convinced the directors to oust the then CEO, Gil Amelio, in a boardroom coup, and Jobs then took his place. It later became clear that Jobs was the anonymous party who had caused the slump.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Amelio#Apple_Computer

He ****ed over his friends for personal gain on more than one occasion:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakout_(video_game)#History_and_development

It's not Steve Jobs fault that there are so many " latest must have " merchants out there !
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That is exactly what he specialised in. He didn't invent anything and he wasn't an innovator. He just marketed the **** out of something and made it a fashion accessory. Oh, and he also had the nerve to publicly pick on Bill Gates, claiming that he has never invented anything. Rather laughable. Then you've got the fact that he always had to be sure he was the face of the company and everyone knew who he was, despite the fact that the vast majority of great work that put the company in this position was done without him at the helm. How many CEOs of tech companies feel the need to do that? Gigantic ego.

Here is some more dirt:

http://gawker.com/5847344/what-everyone-is-too-polite-to-say-about-steve-jobs

Also he wore turtlenecks. You know what guys who wear turtlenecks are like.
 
I turned down the opportunity to live in New York and go to Columbia University when I was just turned 19..... Yes, I was a fool. I went there for 10 days to suss it out and could have had a soccer scholarship coupled with French and Business degree!

Doh
 
fatletiss said:
I turned down the opportunity to live in New York and go to Columbia University when I was just turned 19..... Yes, I was a fool. I went there for 10 days to suss it out and could have had a soccer scholarship coupled with French and Business degree!

Doh
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Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but what were you thinking? I hope your alternative also worked out for you.
 
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