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   From: ahlstromc@xzoozy.com   
      
   Clavicus Vile pulled this Usenet face plant:   
      
   > "chrisv"  wrote in message   
   > news:9p1jc6p1t955bkcg26r9sij88vgtuq86jj@4ax.com...   
   >>   
   >> 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   
      
   Actually, Jobs is a great motivator.  I remember a biography of him, and it   
   noted that Jobs would look at somebody's (good) code, and, pretty much no   
   matter what, would say "This code is shit!", just to get the coder angry or   
   scared and trying to do better.   
      
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