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RE: Mind your own
By CrazyBernie on 4/13/2009 4:07:57 AM , Rating: 2
Honestly, Steve Jobs is a big reason for me not purchasing Apple products. When ATI accidentally leaked information about the G4 Macs a whole day before Macworld, he threw a tantrum and had all ATI's cards ripped out of the machines and removed all mention of them from his keynote speech. I'm all set with giving any of my money to a company run by someone as unprofessional as he is snobby.

Let's face it, Apple probably wouldn't be where they are today without Jobs. That's why his leadership has a large effect on investors.

RE: Mind your own
By Shadowself on 4/13/2009 10:36:03 AM , Rating: 3
Not quite.

Yes, Jobs was quite annoyed. He did not throw a tantrum. ATI was under a legal obligation to not pre-disclose Apple products. Apple legally could have sued ATI over it but did not.

Yes, he did not mention ATI's video cards in his keynote. However, how many times has Jobs mentioned video cards in his keynote? The only time I can recall is when he introduced the 30" monitor and said they had a special card that supported two dual link DVI outputs to concurrently support two 30" monitors from one card. He did not have all the ATI cards ripped out of the machines.

Yes, Jobs has a very oversized ego. No, (even though you didn't mention it) he is not the creative genius behind Apple. Job's only true talent is being able to tell what is the next big thing when he sees it or hears of it (not always, e.g., the Mac Cube, but much more often than not).

Do you think Gates or Balmer or McNeally or Dell really have that much less of an ego that Jobs? Personally, I greatly doubt it.

RE: Mind your own
By CrazyBernie on 4/13/2009 3:24:52 PM , Rating: 2

Jobs isn't exactly unknown for throwing a fit when something doesn't go his way. When have you ever heard about Gates flipping his lid? Of course, considering Microsoft's position he hardly ever had a reason. Balmer and the rest I could care less about.

RE: Mind your own
By bety on 4/14/2009 6:28:54 AM , Rating: 2
Yikes. I realize you guys are mostly kiddies, and as such, have only been exposed to the amazing Microsoft revisionist history....

Gates was NOTORIOUS for the childish temper tantrums he pulled regularly when he was directly at the helm. He used to terrorize employees in meetings, picking on and insulting some relentlessly.

At other times, he would do things like go into a hissy rage, pushing programmers aside and declaring he'd "do it himself!!!" (only to fool around for a few minutes before remembering he has no actual skills!) thing I'll give Gates credit for, his propaganda works. People actually think he's a "visionary" and a "caring philanthropist"!! lol.


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