> A comment like that would be bad form, spoken of any person dead or alive. > We all know there are people who like and dislike people like Jobs and > Gates > and Lennon. It doesn't do any good to speak like that. It's only going > to > inject a little bit of venom into the minds of people who read this list.
I'm not sure I agree. (obviously) I know a lot of people idolizes Steve Jobs, there will be plenty of people praising him and declaring the various accolades. Counter point IS important lest we wash away the truth in a rush to praise. I don't think anything I wrote can not be asserted if we are being honest with ourselves. > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:discuss- >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of >> [email protected] >> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 8:27 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Discuss] (OT) Steve Jobs 1955-2011 >> >> I know it is bad form to speak ill of the dead, especially the recently >> dead. In the end, Steve Jobs did copy some other people's products in a >> way that people liked, but his business practices were as bad as >> business >> gets. The world has lost a litigious huckster who has squashed the >> innovation of others. >> >> > It is being reported in the media that Steve Jobs passed away this >> > evening. >> > >> > http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/ >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > --- >> > avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. >> > Virus Database (VPS): 111005-1, 10/05/2011 >> > Tested on: 10/5/2011 8:05:45 PM >> > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2011 AVAST Software. >> > http://www.avast.com >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Discuss mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
