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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Oct 5, 2011 23:49:59 GMT -6
Apple's Steve Jobs died today. from Yahoo" Jobs co-founded Apple Computer in 1976 and, with his childhood friend Steve Wozniak, marketed what was considered the world's first personal computer, the Apple II....
Industry watchers called him a master innovator -- perhaps on a par with Thomas Edison -- changing the worlds of computing, recorded music and communications.
In 2004, he beat back an unusual form of pancreatic cancer, and in 2009 he was forced to get a liver transplant. After several years of failing health, Jobs announced on Aug. 24, 2011 that he was stepping down as Apple's chief executive.
"I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know," Jobs wrote in his letter of resignation. "Unfortunately, that day has come."
One of the world's most famous CEOs, Jobs remained stubbornly private about his personal life, refusing interviews and shielding his wife and their children from public view...."
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Post by blueneck on Oct 6, 2011 6:11:32 GMT -6
Lord have mercy
Jobs was an innovator no doubt - changing the face of computing and comminication as we knew it.
its never good to speak ill of the dead, but at what point does it become appropriate to discuss Apples outsourcing of 1000's of American jobs, and worker abuses at Foxconn - Apples primary chinese supplier?
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Oct 6, 2011 21:54:04 GMT -6
its never good to speak ill of the dead, but at what point does it become appropriate to discuss Apples outsourcing of 1000's of American jobs, and worker abuses at Foxconn - Apples primary chinese supplier? I think it's appropriate now. Jobs' so-called "innovations" are a perfect example of what NOT to do. His innovations were ultimately sold to foreign interests so that Jobs could profiteer off cheaper foreign labor--thus eliminating any US benefit from "innovation." Multiply this story times 100 and you can see why "innovation" is NOT the answer to our economic woes. If we lose that innovation to foreign interests so multimillionaires like Jobs can become even richer by using cheap foreign labor--then there is no benefit to that innovation whatsoever. That's exactly what Jobs did in the end, along with the likes of Bill Gates, Carley Fiorina, and other America free traitors. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one here who questions Jobs' "contribution" to the American economy. Many American IT workers are now unemployed or underemployed because of Jobs' profiteering from sending American jobs to China to exploit cheaper labor.
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