--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > > > On Aug 25, 2011, at 10:24 AM, cardemaister wrote: > > > > > > > > ... that Steve Jobs is a Buddhist, according to Wikipedia! > > > > > > > > Well, I guess almost everyone knew that already... > > > > > > Sri Jobs actually took off, long ago, in search of himself to > > > India, backpacking and hitchhiking around that country. The > > > trip culminated with him being taken high to the hills above > > > Rishikesh and having his head shaved by his guru. He returned > > > to America with a shaved head and dressed in Indian clothing. > > > From that silence sequentially unfolded the Macintosh... > > > > Plus a little help from having stolen the entire > > concept from Xerox Parc labs. :-) > > Apple paid for the visit and subsequent use of the ideas by > allowing Xerox to purchase $1 million in stock options at a > minimalist price which is now probably worth many billions > of dollars, had they held on to it. > > Xerox was so dismal in how they utilized the technology that > the entire team that developed the GUI, object oriented > programming, etc., eventually ended up working for APple a > few years later because they were annoyed at how unproductive > working for Xerox proved to be. > > Apple didn't steal anything.
One thing you can say about being an apologist for one cult leader is that it's good practice for being an apologist for another one.
