Some eulogy. Talk about heartless.
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Simeon Chavel
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The University of Chicago Divinity School
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On Oct 6, 2011, at 5:51 AM, Farid Benfeghoul wrote:

> Thanks, Geoff, for the "correcting" details. I knew almost nothing about Steve. The videos were from 2005.  If he did wrong -- and he obviously did -- there will be something that will take care of it all. But at least/at last, suffering and the approach of death makes us obviously/hopefully less "ruthless" and more "human". Never too late ...
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> Farid.
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> Zitat von Geoffrey Heard <[log in to unmask]>:
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>> At 10:54 AM +0200 6/10/11, Farid Benfeghoul wrote:
>>> Dear Kino,
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>>> When I woke up this morning, I heard Steve Jobs passed away, at age 56. Somehow, I thought, with detachment, that this how life is. But a couple of hours later, watching those inspiring, uplifting and touching videos you kindly posted for us, I realized what a wonderful human Steve was -- beside of being such a creative genius! Yes, thank you Steve!
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>> I appreciate the Macintosh but . . .
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>> "Wonderful human"? Are we talking about the guy who denied paternity of his first child, going to the bizarre extreme of claiming he was sterile and thus it was impossible for him to be the father (he later, much later, admitted paternity; how nice of him)? Who drove his employees mercilessly -- 80 hour working weeks are spoken of (sure there were big rewards for some, but for those who buckled it was the door)? Who out-Microsofted Microsoft in using litigation to jam down on any competition? Who along with Gates and Tea Party types has been supporting the formation of charter schools which undermine the public school system in the USA? Who used charity donations as a marketing ploy early in Apple history and didn't revive them when the company began to be hyper-successful?
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>> He was a very smart businessman but also a very ruthless one. Like Gates.
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>> Wozniak built the Mac. The GUI came from Xerox. Jobs's creativity was clearly in business tied to an unrelenting drive that meant he stopped at nothing.
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>> I admire achievement in any field but I don't admire the output of the PR machines that turn ruthless businessmen into wondrous, well rounded, caring, human beings -- or rather, the facsimile of same.
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>> Cheers, geoff
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>> Geoffrey Heard
>> Business & Environment Writer, Editor, Publisher
>> The Worsley Press
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