Just a very pedestrian correction of the Latin citation (probaby of 
Chilon of Sparta; http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilon_von_Sparta):
de mortuis nil nisi bene (not: bonum)
that is to say: don't speak about a dead person if not in a good, fair manner
which is quite different. And thus could help to find the right way 
now to speak about Steve Jobs.
Apologies for the pedestrian remark.
Manfred

>De mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est (of the dead nothing but good 
>should be said) is generally the motto for the first day or so. Some 
>people seem to want to canonise him, but that's going too far for 
>me. I am very thankful for what Steve Jobs made of Apple and the 
>(mostly) wonderful products they've created which make my life so 
>much easier than if I'd gone Windows back in 1986 when I got my 
>first computer.
>
>John
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