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Steve Jobs Ranked 43rd on Forbes 400 List of Richest Americans
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Stop putting words in my mouth. The work of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is fantastic. I just don't think it speaks to the quality of Bill Gates's character in comparison to others.
He may very well be a horrible person. I don't know. The only evidence we have is from journalists that he refuses to be interviewed by, and people he has fired. With a smattering of anecdotes from other colleagues in a business setting. I wouldn't judge a person's character solely by their business reputation.
Me too. Except I'm talking about the fanboy comments made here.
One of the best things about being a Mac user is its dedicated community.
Unfortunately far more often, one of the worst things about being a Mac user is its community.
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Still, it was a bad management decision that paved the way for apple to do its thing. In a parallel reality, the iPhone could have a xerox logo on the back.
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Bill Gates is a nothing and never was. He and Microsoft have never actually designed or written a piece of software themselves. Even back in the original days they bought DOS from someone else, and have continued to buy out or steal software from other companies to this day. They sole claim to fame is being in the right place at the right time ... and we're still suffering the consequences of those bad decisions by managers who didn't have a clue.
Still, it was a bad management decision that paved the way for apple to do its thing. In a parallel reality, the iPhone could have a xerox logo on the back.
You do mean the Quick and Dirty Operating System pawned, hacked and hashed together to deliver a promised OS to IBM, one which BG claimed he had, and actually didn't? One of the greatest scams in history.Bill Gates is a nothing and never was. He and Microsoft have never actually designed or written a piece of software themselves. Even back in the original days they bought DOS from someone else, and have continued to buy out or steal software from other companies to this day. They sole claim to fame is being in the right place at the right time ... and we're still suffering the consequences of those bad decisions by managers who didn't have a clue.
Just goes to show, you can't make a racehorse out of a jackass, no matter how much you throw at it.
Again, even though this post is about Jobs worth, it never fails for the members to bash Gates and Microsoft in some way.
What I can't understand is the logic. I DO NOT love MS, but let's face it. Where is your logic?
MS runs on virtually every PC out there.
Apple can only get theirs to run on the very few that they manufacture. They can't even get the iPhone to run flawlessly. I love my iPhone, but people complain about that also. Look at the complaints against 3.1.
I'm not a Rocket Scientist, but come on..... get a clue..
What I can't understand is the logic. I DO NOT love MS, but let's face it. Where is your logic?
MS runs on virtually every PC out there.
Apple can only get theirs to run on the very few that they manufacture. They can't even get the iPhone to run flawlessly. I love my iPhone, but people complain about that also. Look at the complaints against 3.1.
I'm not a Rocket Scientist, but come on..... get a clue..
Actually, not his money, but the money of all those people who haven't figured out that a computer doesn't need to run Windows.
"No matter how he got there..." you say?
The sleazy vendor lock-in, underhanded OEM deals, and unethical monopolistic, predatory practices which got him where "he is" would hardly be considered admirable by most. Before you make
assumptions about not having met him, I actually had, in Seattle. Furthermore, my post pertains directly to those within this thread. What, may I ask, specifically, do your's have to do with
this thread?
5.1 billion....
45 billion to go to dethrone Mr. Gates. But I don't think it will take that long, now that the mainstream business community is pondering some use for Macs at the office. Some are seeing that they are not the "toys" they thought they were. (dammit...if I have to reboot my work PC at home one more f....time because of a network issues...)
45 billion to go to dethrone Mr. Gates.
But I don't think it will take that long, now that the mainstream business community is pondering some use for Macs at the office. Some are seeing that they are not the "toys" they thought they were. (dammit...if I have to reboot my work PC at home one more f....time because of a network issues...)
Dr. Q, you forgot the bar on the graph that's about a pixel wide, which represents the rest of us.
Yeah. Poor Steve. Even poorer still, Gates. Bill could really use his money more effectively, for instance he could pay off my $100,000 Mortgage. That would make me happy for life!
Not to knock the brilliant work they do...
You Do realise that the "Gates Foundation" was established by Bill Gates 1, and added to by 2 and 3. The fund is so massive that the $35B you speak of is mostly interest on the fund.
You forgot one tiny little fact. He did this AFTER he left the company. Jobs does his charity but he does not avertise it. Once Job leaves Apple then you can make that judgement.
Of course, that's not true at all.
Gates is a programmer, infamous for reading hundreds of pages of technical specs overnight in order to quiz his managers on their decisions.
Jobs is not an engineer at all, but an excellent salesman and product picker who has always made a living off the inspiration and work of others.
Gates is too much a geek entwined in tech details without seeing the user, while Jobs is too much someone who looks at his customers as sheep.
They're both younger than me, and lucked out by missing the draft, so I get to pick at 'em. (I liked Gary Kildall a million times better than either. He was a decent, smart man, who should've won over them all.)
I think Jobs and Gates have done very well with their lives. It is narrow-minded to insult one or the other just because you don't like products of their companies. It doesn't matter if they sell cow crap. They have done what many people can't.
Bill Gates is a nothing and never was. He and Microsoft have never actually designed or written a piece of software themselves. Even back in the original days they bought DOS from someone else, and have continued to buy out or steal software from other companies to this day. They sole claim to fame is being in the right place at the right time ... and we're still suffering the consequences of those bad decisions by managers who didn't have a clue.
Comments like this give Apple fans bad reputation.
Great graph but not the right one since I'm not in it. Maybe next year (not).
And now we can all sleep well. Knowing that "our" Steve is doing great. Financially at least. No more insomnia...