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muganda		#1 Posted : Monday, December 28, 2009 9:32:55 AM
Rank: Elder Joined: 9/15/2006 Posts: 3,907		For all you apple lovers, was fishing around on twitter and came across this link http://thefinanser.co.uk/fsclub...e-through-the-years.html Remarkable to see Steve Jobs in 1983, to when they slept with the enemy - Microsoft - in 1997, to introduction of first iMac in 1998, iPod launch in 2001, iPhone launch in 2007. True time piece considering he was recently voted Fortune's CEO of the Decade.
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masukuma		#2 Posted : Monday, December 28, 2009 5:47:13 PM
Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,823 Location: Nairobi		@muganda, you should watch pirates of silicon valley to get the whole picture. All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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muganda		#3 Posted : Monday, January 11, 2010 8:32:57 AM
Rank: Elder Joined: 9/15/2006 Posts: 3,907		Shocked after reading further on this Steve Jobs. Let me tell you, if you've heard the adage 'learn from your mistakes', it doesn't get any better than this guy. This guy surely made many many big messes as compared to Bill Gates for example. Still searching for the 'Pirates of Silicon Valley' and everything I've read about it shows it's the movie I need to watch - @masukuma thanks.
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BGL		#4 Posted : Tuesday, January 12, 2010 4:13:05 PM
Rank: Veteran Joined: 10/11/2009 Posts: 1,223		I also have to include this DVD on my investment collection. It costs about £15.00 on ebay. I should have it in a weeks time. A Brief description of the DVD according to my seller............ 'This entertaining look at the story of the from-the-get-go rivalry of Apple founder Steve Jobs (Noah Wyle) and Microsoft pioneer Bill Gates (Anthony Michael Hall) provides equal parts laughs and insight, set to an energized soundtrack. Told from the points of view of Jobs's and Gates's collaborators--Steve Woziak and Paul Ballmer, respectively--the film intelligently charts each camp's bumpy ride from garage experimentation to industry domination.' History will not remember you for your IQ. It will remember you for what you did. “Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.” Thomas Edison
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muganda		#5 Posted : Tuesday, January 12, 2010 5:09:46 PM
Rank: Elder Joined: 9/15/2006 Posts: 3,907		You know I've always been keen to find out why/how Jobs was hounded out of his company. Still reading but some of the big messes I alluded to: -Fell out with cofounder Wozniak after he found out Jobs took credit and most of the profits from Atari Breakout -Stubborness that Apple III would have no fan, and cost and ambition in Lisa project led to two failures -Led to ouster of Jeff Raskin, father of macintosh -Insisted on grandiose SuperBowl 'Lemmings ad' which was a major flop and set tone for most disastrous year in Apple history -Diverted resources from stellar Apple II division leading to no major product upgrade in 1985, -John Sculley lost faith in Jobs after 10% achievement on Macintosh and failure of BigMac that never shipped -Jobs sent Sculley to China and attempted a coup that so his eventual ouster from Apple Books about him characterize him as a Creepy Genius; and an extract from Mona Simpson his sister: "He was a man too busy to flush toilets.... He's a judgmental, obsessive narcissist who despite his many millions likes to think of himself as a guy in jeans, barefoot in the boardroom. ...surprisingly slow to get a joke; and he lives a life cluttered with luck... But he's brilliant and charismatic and deeply loyal to the people he cares about."
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VituVingiSana		#6 Posted : Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:55:43 AM
Rank: Chief Joined: 1/3/2007 Posts: 18,371 Location: Nairobi		Well... for all the 'failures' Steve Jobs heads the most profitable (consumer) computer hardware firm in the world... And let's face it... the iPod is the market leader in its category... Apple is in the top 5 sellers of computer hardware in the world... iPhone is one of the most (if not the most) successful smartphones in the world... Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - *to paraphrase Warren Buffett*
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muganda		#7 Posted : Wednesday, January 13, 2010 7:35:02 AM
Rank: Elder Joined: 9/15/2006 Posts: 3,907		@VituVingiSana, I agree with you, the guy is a success. Intention of my post is only to offer insight. You know when so many positive things are said 20yrs later about a person, it's difficult to emulate. Quote: if you've heard the adage 'learn from your mistakes', it doesn't get any better than this guy However, when you realise that even the "great" Steve Jobs succeeded by just sticking it out and paying attention to simple little things, then you realise that many have the ability but lack the tenacity.
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albertross		#8 Posted : Wednesday, January 13, 2010 7:53:01 AM
Rank: Member Joined: 9/20/2007 Posts: 98		This is a great topic, a man who really is an enigma. Brilliant, charismatic, a real leader of his troops and his company. Still there are questions, things he could have done differently, the patent lawsuit by Nokia and not least his health. Personally Jobs is one of the greats of the computer age, a big hand to him , and his faults make him complete. Quote: Think wrongly if you must, but think for yourself. I think this applies to Jobs.
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masukuma		#9 Posted : Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:54:40 AM
Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,823 Location: Nairobi		Steve Jobs is very hard to understand. he rejected his daughter Lisa...then Named a computer after her... He was played by bill gates like a baby. He created factions within Apple basically a team fighting against itself. I think the best thing to describe him is nerd + artist + anarchist where gates on the other side is nerd + businessman. All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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Cardinal		#10 Posted : Wednesday, January 13, 2010 9:04:30 AM
Rank: Member Joined: 5/12/2009 Posts: 266		for sure Steve jobs is a geek and a half.The guy has never married . I saw a BBC documentary about him and bill gates and man, the guy is smart. Most of all he is focussed. Its not fate as some people would love to believe
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