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   Redjak to Clavicus Vile   
   Re: OT Anyone who buys a PC is a mug!   
   28 Oct 10 14:46:00   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: redjackson@yahoo.com   
      
   "Clavicus Vile"  wrote in message   
   news:iacd4r$k0v$1@news.albasani.net...   
   >   
   > "chrisv"  wrote in message   
   > news:9p1jc6p1t955bkcg26r9sij88vgtuq86jj@4ax.com...   
   >> chrisv wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>Redjak wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Without Woz, Jobs would be inspecting playground sandboxes for cat shit   
   >>>>as   
   >>>>a job.   
   >>>   
   >>>You seriously are claiming that he is without talent, and would not   
   >>>have been successful had it not been for one fortuitous opportunity.   
   >>>   
   >>>You are an idiot.   
   >>   
   >> The same applies to Bill Gates, BTW.   
   >>   
   >> Both of these guys obviously have what it takes to be successful in   
   >> business.   
   >   
   > Steve Jobs is nothing like Bill Gates.   
   >   
   > Bill Gates learned his trade dumpster diving for mainframe core dumps.   
   > He's written a sizable amount of computer software himself, much of it   
   > groundbreaking.   
   >   
   > Steve Jobs is just a guy who claims the credit for the good ideas and hard   
   > work of other people.   The Woz is just the first of a long list.   
   >   
   > Case in point:   Steve Jobs' name is on the architectural drawings of the   
   > Apple Store glass staircases.    He must have learned a lot about building   
   > those in his younger years when he backpacked across India.   LOL   
      
   Steve Jobs is nothing more than a rich, dying, asshole, whose best talent is   
   capitalizing on the creativity of others.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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