Vendetta: Steve Jobs Vowed to ‘Spend Last Dying Breath’ Going ‘Thermonuclear War’ on Google
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SAN FRANCISCO (The Blaze/AP) — Google can only hope that Steve Jobs‘ final vendetta doesn’t haunt the Internet search leader from his grave.
The depths of Jobs‘ antipathy toward Google leaps out of Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography of Apple’s co-founder. The book goes on sale Monday, less than three weeks after Jobs’ long battle with pancreatic cancer culminated in his Oct. 5 death. The Associated Press obtained a copy Thursday.
The biography drips with Jobs‘ vitriol as he discusses his belief that Google stole from Apple’s iPhone to build many of the features in Google’s Android software for rival phones.
It’s clear that the perceived theft represented an unforgiveable act of betrayal to Jobs, who had been a mentor to Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin and had welcomed Google’s CEO at the time, Eric Schmidt, to be on Apple’s board.
Jobs retaliated with a profane manifesto during a 2010 conversation with his chosen biographer. Isaacson wrote that he never saw Jobs angrier in any of their conversations, which covered a wide variety of emotional topics during a two-year period.
After equating Android to “grand theft” of the iPhone, Jobs lobbed a series of grenades that may blow a hole in Google’s image as an innovative company on a crusade to make the world a better place.
“I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong,” Jobs told Isaacson. “I‘m going to destroy Android because it’s a stolen product. I’m willing to go to thermonuclear war on this. They are scared to death because they know they are guilty.”
Jobs then used a crude word for defecation to describe Android and other products outside of search.
Android now represents one of the chief threats to the iPhone. Although iPhones had a head start and still draw huge lines when new models go on sale, Android devices sold twice as well in the second quarter. According to Gartner, Android’s market share grew 2 1/2 times to 43 percent, compared with 17 percent a year earlier. The iPhone’s grew as well, but by a smaller margin — to 18 percent, from 14 percent.
Both Google and Apple declined comment to The Associated Press when asked about Jobs’ remarks.
Jobs’ attack is troubling for Google on several levels.
It suggests that Apple, which has pledged to be true to Jobs’ vision, may try to derail Android in court, even if Google obtains more patent protection through its proposed $12.5 billion acquisition of phone maker Motorola Mobility Inc. The derision comes across as a bitter pill for Page and Brin, who have hailed Jobs as one of their idols. It also appears to contradict Schmidt‘s repeated assertions that he remained on friendly terms with Jobs even after he resigned from Apple’s board in 2009.
Most of all, Google should be worried whether the Android brand is damaged by the withering criticism of a revered figure whose public esteem seems to have risen as friends, colleagues and customers paid tribute over the past few weeks.
“The words of cultural icons have a lot of power after death,” veteran technology analyst Rob Enderle said. “This almost sounds like a spiritual leader declaring a jihad on Android as his dying wish.”
Apple fans tend to be fiercely loyal, making it more feasible to envision an anti-Android movement taking shape like some kind of political protest, Enderle said.
It‘s also possible that Jobs’ criticisms of Google may be seen as hypocritical. That‘s because some of Apple’s computing breakthroughs were based on technology developed by others. The Mac’s easy-to-use interface and its mouse controller, for instance, came out of Xerox Corp.
The bitter divide between two of the most beloved and successful technology companies would have seemed inconceivable a few years ago.
In 2006, Google and Apple were on such friendly terms that Jobs welcomed Schmidt to Apple’s board of directors with these words: “Like Apple, Google is very focused on innovation and we think Eric’s insights and experience will be very valuable in helping to guide Apple in the years ahead,” Jobs said.
But in 2008, a year after the iPhone came out, Google unveiled plans to release Android as a free software system that phone makers can use to make devices that compete with the iPhone. Jobs was so infuriated that he went to Google’s Mountain View headquarters — about nine miles from Apple’s Cupertino office— to try to stop the project, according to the biography.
Jobs‘ persuasive powers failed to sway Google’s leaders.
Now, more than 550,000 devices running on Android are being activated each day. Apple, meanwhile, sold about 3 million fewer iPhones than anticipated in the July-September quarter, contributing to a sharp drop in the company’s stock. The newest Android challenger to the iPhone, the Galaxy Nexus from Samsung, is scheduled to go on sale next month.
Although there’s no indication in the book that he ever forgave Google, Jobs set aside his disdain for the company long enough to counsel Page nine months ago, according to the biography.
After Google’s Jan. 20 announcement that Page would replace Schmidt as CEO in April, Page called Jobs for some pointers. Jobs told Isaacson that his first instinct was to reject Page with a curt expletive, but he reconsidered as he recalled his times as a young entrepreneur listening to the advice of elder Silicon Valley statesmen including Bill Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard Co.
Jobs didn‘t mince words when Page arrived at Jobs’ Palo Alto home. He told Page to build a good team of lieutenants. In his first week as Google’s CEO, Page reshuffled his management team to eliminate bureaucracy. Jobs also warned Page not to let Google get lazy or flabby.
“The main thing I stressed was to focus,” Jobs told Isaacson about his conversation with Page. “Figure out what Google wants to be when it grows up. It’s now all over the map. What are the five products you want to focus on? Get rid of the rest because they’re dragging you down. They’re turning you into Microsoft. They’re causing you to turn out adequate products that are adequate but not great.”
Page has shut more than 20 Google products and services in his first six months as Google’s CEO as part of an effort to “put more wood behind fewer arrows.” It was the type of discipline Jobs instilled on Apple when he returned in 1997 after a dozen years of exile. Jobs killed such products as the Newton handheld device and the PC clones that were allowed to run on Apple’s operating system.
It still remains to be seen whether Jobs’ words of wisdom or his grievances will leave a bigger imprint on Google.
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Comments (108)
TiocFaidhArLa
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 8:43pmLol yea support Google, the one who spies and reports your info to Homeland. Some people…
Report Post »408 CheyTac
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 11:34amAnd you think Apple is any better? You gotta be stoned
Report Post »jackricks
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 8:19pmBig Deal, Steve Jobs. No apple products in my house, and I am getting along just fine.
Report Post »PAWatcher
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 8:38amSupport Google and your money goes direct to obama- one of his biggest backers. Check out Rueters list of political backers/sponsors. They are out to control the information highway……..period.
Report Post »Citizen_Joe
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 10:19amI have successfully lived for years without purchasing ANY Apple products and I don’t intend to start. I can not see spending my money with a company the perpetuates and supports so many social and economic ideals that go against everything I believe in.
Report Post »jackricks
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 8:13pmEvery treats Steve Jobs is some sort of God or something, he is a MAN just like you and I. Berrnie Madoff had some good ideas too.
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 9:08pmJack, Steve Jobs has a cult. Listening to them is freaking funny because they rant and rant and rant about stuff they have no training on. I have zero support for his stuff, mainly because it doesn‘t do anything that I can’t find a different device (almost always cheaper) or software (usually free) to do just as well.
I once summed it up to an Apple cultist as such:
“iDump on this iNeffective piece of iJunk that uPaid way the hell too much for.”
‘Nuff said.
Report Post »BIGRONM
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 8:10pmLeftist Apple vs Leftist Google. I have no respect for either of them.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 9:11pmamiga 4 life!
Report Post »ItTakesFaith
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 4:33amSteve Jobs was NO leftist! While he did “support” Obama, this support was most likely due to his disdain for (what he perceived to be) the over-reach of the Bush administration at the time.
On individual issues, Jobs was in many cases almost “right-wing” in his approach: suggesting, for example, that the ONLY way to save education was to destroy teacher unions! (Jobs goes further than most of my fellow conservatives on this issue!)
Like other world-changing innovators, Steve Jobs exhibited a demanding, perfectionist personality streak that didn’t suffer fools (or anyone he thought lacked incompetency). “Here’s to the crazy ones… because the people crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” (Steve Jobs, Apple ad campaign/manifesto, 1997)
Report Post »ProfJim
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 2:28pmLong live the Osborne! CPS forever!
Report Post »gzinecker
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 7:45pmSteve Jobs may have been an ‘innovator,’ but him saying that Google stole all of Apples ideas for Android is just wrong n so many levels. Google bought Android Inc. in 2005, who were the original developers of the software. Google proceeded to crush the competition with their new OS, to be the #1 mobile OS in the world, with phones that routinely pass the iPhone in terms of performance, price, and flexibility. Also, Apple stole from Android, like their notification system that was in Android. So, sounds like Steve was being a sore loser.
Additionally, I believe Jobs himself said, back in 1996:
“We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.” So, double talk much, Stevie?
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 7:54pmThe whole IT and telco industry is like that. Being an IT pro, this kind of attitude does not surprise me in the slightest.
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 10:11amDennis Ritchie just passed away too…he wasn’t as well known as jobs, but what he did had a more far-reaching effect than jobs work…he was the co-founder of Unix and the C language….
Report Post »davidjbloom93
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 6:51pmThis guy was nothing but a skinny little geek that obviously got a big head and said things he couldnt back up himself. Who did this guy think he was , Superman, because he develpoped “phones”?? Please !!! more useless junk that is propogated with even newer versions to keep the sheep distracted and thinking they are cool. What if the real industrialists of this nation (Ford, GM, General Electric) thought on these terms. Instead we got product diversity and choice and products that really shaped and changed this nation, not silly little “toys”. I would have snapped this geek backwards just to watch him cry and run back to the safety of mommies and daddies garage.
Report Post »westy98530
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 9:01pmWell done, sir! You almost had me convinced that your absurd comment was intended seriously! Then I reread it and noticed you held up GM and General Electric as examples of innovation.
Report Post »BrayDeck
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 10:45pmAnd what have you contributed to the world, bubs? Nothing. So shut your trap.
Report Post »ItTakesFaith
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 4:45amTake it easy on the “hating”! Whatever computer you wrote your drivvel on, can thank Steve Jobs for a graphic interface that enables you type such hate… and throughly demonstrate your utter stupidity! Were it not for Jobs (and Woz!), computers would likely still be the domain of pencil-necked geeks! Instead, he has authored a virtual revolution of technology that stretches into virtually every aspect of our modern lives…!
Coming next year will be an Apple TV that will revolutionize yet another industry…! Like him or not, your life is better because of Mr. Jobs.
Report Post »LostInTheSpin
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 6:08amok, i will give the benefit of the doubt and say that, yes, he did innovate a few things IN THE EARLY DAYS. but in regards to the apple products of late, he did nothing but make products that are user-friendly to people who did not want to take the time to use products with more customizable features. he then marketed the crap out of them. he did nothing more than innovate user-friendly products. i use no apple products. they are dumbed down and they are too expensive.
Report Post »ItTakesFaith
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 8:16am@Lostinthespin,
Apple has NEVER stopped innovating… the driving passion of Mr. Jobs was always to develop the “next big thing”! In fact, there are currently an estimated four years of products in the Apple development pipeline, waiting to be introduced. Sometime within the next twelve months, the company will introduce yet another “revoltutionary” product, a completely integrated television that will somehow solve the problem of managing what we watch, and how we watch it… without a complicated combination of remotes… Another industry is about to be turned upside down, courtesy of “Crazy one” Steve Jobs!
Although I’ve never considered myself to be a tech-geek, I have used his products dating back to the very beginning of Apple. The great mastery of Jobs was in bringing together science technology and the humanities (There is a great story about a calligraphy class he audited in college that taught him the importance/beauty of fonts, etc.).
Although Apple products are not “cheap”, they have always been a perfect example of: “you get what you pay for”. I guess that’s why some people are perfectly satisfied with driving a beat up used Yugo, while I’d prefer a shiny new BMW…
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 12:43pm@ITTAKESFAITH
Put down the crack pipe and go do some research. You didn’t make a single true statement in either of your rambling diatribes.
Report Post »ItTakesFaith
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 1:59pm@Rowgue
Are you serious? Everything I write is based on well-researched EVIDENCE. If you care to disagree, then RESPECTFULLY make your case, coherently. Why the personal attacks? When you resort to telling me to “put down the crack pipe” because you don’t have anything intelligent to say, you prove me correct.
I’ll accept your white flag of intellectual surrender, as I preform my victory dance! Now go back to your grandmother’s basement! (Ha! Sorry, I couldn’t resist!)
Report Post »4-The-Truth
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 6:50pmIf Google stole iPhone technology, Google openly gave it to the world in open source Android code that anybody can use see, use and improve on in an un-encryption form. How come the Samsung Galaxy S II with Android Gingerbread blows away the iPhone 4s in every category if it is just stolen Apple ideas. The open source of Android or Linux taps into the creative minds of people worldwide not just those hired by Microsoft or Apple. Android is a better idea and Apple is just a sore looser. Jobs claimed Microsoft stole his ideas too, but Apple could never capture more 10% of the computer market.
Report Post »Jobs is undisputed king of marketing and cult like brand loyalty, but a dismal failure in every other cost to performance category.
OhioRifleman
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 7:56pm@ 4 The Truth
Thank you for saying clearly what just about every IT pro has known for decades. I salute you!
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 9:13pmblasphemer!!!!
repent in sackcloth and ashes or face the wrath of the DARK GODS OF APPLE!!!
tremble for their wrath is great!!!!
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 9:47pmThen I will bring the HOLY LIGHT of MICROSOFT and LINUX to bear on these DARK GODS and their CULTISTS from the far reaches of INSANITY! THEY will KNOW the POWER of the ENLIGHTENED MASSES!
Been a while, Joe. How goes?
Report Post »YUCON
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 11:47pmI have a Samsung Galaxy S II and my wife has an I phone and an I pad. She now wishes she had my Galaxy. They are worlds apart.
Report Post »Nuff said.
joe1234
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 10:06am“Been a while, Joe. How goes?”
pretty good, how are you?
we forgot to mention the true DARK LORD of the computing world….he who shall not be named…LARRY ELLISON…
ok I ‘m still alive whew……..
I’m still waiting for him to announce the republic of Oracle, a nuclear armed superpower bent on WORLD DOMINATION!!!!!
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 10:18amEllison has his finger in all sorts of pies…just saw an article about him being one of the biggest ‘tropy property’ investors in the world…he also owns the Indian wells tennis tournament, a master’s 1000 tournament that I think he wants to become another major….world’s cup yachting races….
heard about him having a bigger yacht than Paul allen…one time they were in the same bay, and ellison had his yacht roar by allen’s and rock it with the wake….
Report Post »ItTakesFaith
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 1:33pmHOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY CLAIM THAT BY ANY DEFINITION, APPLE HAS “LOST” AT ANYTHING? Upon his return to Apple, 2.0, Steve Jobs has taken a company that the mere mortals pushed to the brink of bankruptcy; and grown it to become either the #1 or #2 MOST VALUABLE COMPANY IN THE WORLD! (Note: Exxon Mobile by most accounts is slightly ahead, but Apple has spent time at #1 over the last six months!). Furthermore, you falsely state that “Apple could never capture more 10% of the computer market,” when in fact Apple now lays claim to more than 23% of the personal computer market (and growing)!
So would somebody PLEASE tell me: to whom has Apple/Jobs lost? For those who care to pay attention, Microsoft is (relatively) languishing in Apple’s exhaust (and will likely continue to slide now that Bill Gates has left day-to-day operations in the hands of marketing “hacks” the likes of Steve Ballmer… instead of a visionary like a Steve Jobs, or now, Tim Cook).
When new Google CEO Larry Page visited to kiss the ring of Mr. Jobs recently, he remembered how valuable the advice from early Silicon Valley Titans had been… (& temporarily set aside his contemp for the young techno-thieves!). Jobs advice: FOCUS. Find out what you do best, and only do those things… Google would be wise to follow his lead (Heck, maybe they could finally stop making such crappy products…!). Your avitar represents that you are “4-the-truth”. You would do well to apply that standard in wha
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 2:56pm“So would somebody PLEASE tell me: to whom has Apple/Jobs lost? For those who care to pay attention, Microsoft is (relatively) languishing in Apple’s exhaust (and will likely continue to slide now that Bill Gates has left day-to-day operations in the hands of marketing “hacks” the likes of Steve Ballmer… instead of a visionary like a Steve Jobs, or now, Tim Cook). ”
oh come on….windows has FAR more market share than apple will ever have in PCs….and all the reports of windows 8 show that they will take it to another level and leave apple in the dust.
Apple servers?? come on….Windows servers are the backbone of many businesses…
of course far more developers use microsoft development tools than apple….not to mention java…which is owned by the DARK LORD ELLISON………….ok I’m still alive…..whew…..
and the other huge area of computing is DATABASES….and that is being fought between THE DARK LORD and his minions at ORACLE and Microsoft’s SQL SERVER….apple isn’t even in the game when it comes to this area….same for enterprise apps like SAP (whom the DARK LORD will slay with fire from heaven!!!! ) Oracle, and to a lesser extent Microsft.
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 3:02pm“Apple now lays claim to more than 23% of the personal computer market (and growing)! ”
I don’t know where you get this figure at…
Apple Soars to Third Place in U.S. PC Market With 10.7% Share
Wednesday July 13, 2011 8:36 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/13/apple-soars-to-third-place-in-u-s-pc-market-with-10-7-share/
and this isn’t by OS…..although obviuosly apple uses their OS and not windows….the other manufacuturers are HP, and Dell which have about half of the market…I would be willing to bet that is almost all Windows. same for the other manufacturers listed…
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 3:22pmand in the phone market…as the article says google…who are pretty evil…are wiping apple out….
Now, more than 550,000 devices running on Android are being activated each day. Apple, meanwhile, sold about 3 million fewer iPhones than anticipated in the July-September quarter, contributing to a sharp drop in the company’s stock. The newest Android challenger to the iPhone, the Galaxy Nexus from Samsung, is scheduled to go on sale next month.
Report Post »ItTakesFaith
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 3:23pm@Joe1234,
You list a litany of businesses in which Apple doesn’t compete… well, Apple doesn’t build airplanes either,,, My point is simply that Jobs realized early on that he would only enter a business market if he fully intended on revolutionizing and being the very best at that business. His/Apple’s track record speaks for itself!
As to “market share”, it is irrelevant whether or not Microsoft or Apple have more OS in use. The current trend has Apple trending near 25%; as they further integrate TV’s (coming next year) and further improve on what they’ve done, I expect that number to rise… we’ll see… The important thing for Apple is to continue to build profitable, products that make people’s lives more productive and enjoyable… The future in that context looks extremely bright!
If you like something else, so be it… enjoy what you’ve got!
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 3:32pm“You list a litany of businesses in which Apple doesn’t compete… well, Apple doesn’t build airplanes either,,, My point is simply that Jobs realized early on that he would only enter a business market if he fully intended on revolutionizing and being the very best at that business. His/Apple’s track record speaks for itself! ”
apple is in the tech business…..you specifically called out microsoft…MS has always had the edge over apple in PCs…your figure for PCs from apple is made up as far as I can tell.
Servers are the heart of the tech business….along with Databases…apple doesn’t compete in that…development tools are EXTREMELY important…apple is a bit player in that…one of the main reasons google is beating apple in the phone market is APPLICATIONS…google has far more…just as the PC always had far more applications than apple ever did.
“As to “market share”, it is irrelevant whether or not Microsoft or Apple have more OS in use. ”
yeah its VERY relevent…you specifically said ““Apple now lays claim to more than 23% of the personal computer market (and growing)! ””
personal computers are specific devices, they’re not phones…they’re not tablets…..and microsoft owns that market….apple has around 10% your figures are wrong.
Apple is a fine company, but they’re in the technology business…and they’re being beaten in many areas of technology….you don’t see databases for example…but they drive the tech bu
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 3:40pmDatabases, servers, enterprise apps, development tools, thats where the BIG BOYS of the tech business play…its why Gates and Allen are some of the richest men in the world…far richer than jobs was…along with THE DARK LORD ELLISON…..ok I’m still alive….whew…..
I like apple, but its not in the same league as Microsoft, Oracle…..google wants to be microsoft…they’re creating development languages……GO…which I don’t think is going anywhere…MS and Java own that market….
Report Post »ItTakesFaith
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 3:40pm@Joe1234,
I pulled the 23% straight out of Tim Cook’s keynote address (Apple.com). I believe he was referring to year-to-year sales (in other words, 23% of the PC’s sold during a particular time frame were Apple products); significant, because it shows dramatic growth NOW. The 10.7 figure you cite is of total share, I think; which wouldn’t reflect growth nearly as quick. His most astounding quote was that over 90% (he had a precise # between 90-95%, that I don’t remember) of Fortune 500 companies are in one form or another using and/or experimenting with the iPhone. The decline in RIM, coupled with the ascent of the iPhone product is a “perfect storm” for Apple in this regard.
Report Post »ItTakesFaith
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 3:59pm@Joe1234,
Nice debate! A couple of quick points. First, NONE of my figures are “made up”. If there is a figure you question, I can cite a source (& we can debate about its veracity later!). Second, those other giants in the mainframe/server computing industry are just that… giants! I don’t dispute their role in the computer evolution.
Third, and most important for our discussion, the valuation of Apple cannot be disputed. When it comes to “market capitalization”, in other words the value of the business (not merely how many “widgets” they sold last quarter), Apple, Inc is one of the top two most valuable companies in the world… utterly amazing! The long-time number one, Exxon Mobile, was surpassed (briefly) over the Summer for the first time… and I believe several times since then. By their very nature, these values are in a constant state of flux, but it’s at least very close.
Refer to this article in the Wall Street Journal from back in August, when Apple first surpassed the oil giant. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904007304576498384081275152.html To be honest, I‘m not sure what it says about the world in which we live when a company like Apple becomes the world’s largest, but that is for another discussion… But it goes to show that “Here’s to the crazy ones” Steve Jobs has done something right…!
I’m off to a meeting…
Report Post »Schnellerdamon
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 6:44pmSteve Jobs you silly bastard.
Report Post »Sicboy
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 6:07pmWhat does it gain a man to destroy google and lose his soul. NOTHING. I hope you knew the Lord, Jobs. Or your wasting away in google hell.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 6:22pmI don’t care much about Mr. Jobs. But what I do care about is his twisted no holds barred do everything you can while your here because thats all there is philosophy and how that misguides yet more millions to end up languishing with him in eternal darkness. Say hi to Gadaffi for me, let him know the Elite now have his 200bil to play with.
Report Post »santramir
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 5:45pmcompanies have the ethics of it’s owners. facebook or google share an ethics opposing microsoft or apple.
Report Post »TPartyXpress
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 5:42pmHey, Steve! You get Appled in Hell. Enjoy, dummy.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 5:40pmWhat was Google’s Motto “Don’t be evil?” I guess they need the reaffirmation.
Report Post »Founding Father2
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 5:30pmIf you didn’t get to see the tribute 60 Minutes did for him, its right here. He was a pure blood capitalist, I know the Occupiers hated to hear that one: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2011/oct/jobs_60_minutes.html
Report Post »Lemon Party Patriot
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 6:05pmHe was not a wall streeter. there is a difference. Jobs didn’t care about customer surveys and the quarterly stock price. He didn’t base all of his decisions on that. He said himself, “The goal is not to be the richest man in the cemetery” and he focused on making a great product rather that where he could cut corners to grow earnings per share. He was an innovator for sure. You can‘ t be an innovator on Wall Street because you are ousted if you don’t grow EPS. That‘s why the average length of time between CEO’s has gone from 17 years to 2 years. If they don‘t live for the stock price then they’re out. Jobs wasn’t like that. He spit on that. He was a liberal through and through.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 6:33pmYou are aware that he decided to make apple a publicly traded corporation and bring all of that evil stuff into play in his own company aren’t you? Idiot much.
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 8:03pm@ Lemon Party Pinhead
Slight problem with your analysis: he was always behind the curve before the iPod. There are a lot of people that swear by Apple products, but when you get out into the real world, past the individual user, you don’t find whole apple-based networks, apple-based servers, apple-based companies. They don’t exist beyond the level of a small company (at best) or single users (most common).
Proof: find me a Fortune 500 company that relies on Apple gear for more than half their IT needs. Answer: I don’t know of any, and I work for one.
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 8:22pm@ Lemon Party Patriot
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2011/full_list/
Apple is on page 2 of the list. Rank 111 of 500 largest. Nice try, dipsj1t. Get some facts and grow a brain before you challenge an IT professional in his own field.
Report Post »MastrSSG
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 1:44am@lemon
Steve Jobs is dead because he was a liberal. Anyone who goes to a Doctor finds out he has Cancer and it can be cured through surgery with a 98% success rate then stupidly decides to fight it through Yoga, whole foods dieting, and changing his work habits to reflect a more liberal focus is an example of how liberalism kills people.
That clown spent 4 yrs trying to use liberal methods to cure something that could have been taken care of in a week through a very common surgery. Then when it was too late he finally decided to have a secret liver transplant to save his life but didn‘t tell anyone because he didn’t want to alert anyone to his condition. Why? Because he didn’t want his “publicly traded” corporation to drop in value and loose his vast wealth. So not only was he a liar, fraud, and stupid liberal, he was a hypocrite as well.
Report Post »MastrSSG
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 2:53am@ lemon still
So yes your right the perfect liberal through and through!
Report Post »markgl
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 5:27pmJust because you‘re the first one to create a touch phone doesn’t mean there won’t be others. But I would say yeah if you’re copying the style and possible functions the exact same way I see why Jobs would be pissed off about that!
Report Post »VegasGuy
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 5:49pmJobs forgets he was the one who stole the mouse and graphical user interface (icons) from Xerox when he toured Xerox’s PARC complex. What a guy!
Report Post »macpappy
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 5:54pmSteve was a little pissed because Android is a better OS and it’s apps are mostly free. Being proprietary, Iphones functionality is less than a good Android phone. Jobs started the fire, and good ole capitalizism took over and did one better. Thanks for what you did Steve, but stop hating.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 6:28pmApple weren’t the first ones with touch phones. They‘ve never been first with anything they’ve produced. Every single product they have ever produced has been a copy of something already on the market. But they tell people they were the first ones to make everything and there are enough idiots in the world that believe them that they were able to create the image of themselves as the great innovator.
Him being upset because somebody supposedly stole an idea from apple is the very definition of hypocricy. His entire career was built on ideas and technology he stole from other people.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 5:23pmI don’t care! Really, I don’t!
Report Post »TPartyXpress
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 5:44pmSteve Jobs is dead. So?
Report Post »Better Dead Than Red
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 3:44pmthen why the comment, fool?!
Report Post »wewantchillywilly
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 5:19pmNo need for war, Steve. you will always be superior to that phone. Have you seen their commercials? their the worst on TV. it’s so pleasant: DDDDDROOOOOIIIIIIIIDDDDDDD! sounds like a robot farting.
apple’s commercials are genius and simple. they do something that consumers want: get the friggen point across about their product!
but not the DRROOOIIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDD. no. we must watch a transformer fight a mildy hot chick. isn’t our phone awesome!?
Report Post »PATRIOTGRUNT
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 5:09pmNever really liked him or Apple products. Too expensive . I for one am glad that Android came out. Can you imagine the prices of Apple products if there was no Android. I own Samsung Galaxy 4 and love it .
Report Post »Muddbog
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 5:30pmYour just too cheap to be an apple fan. It’s only money and you only live once… Live life to the fullest and spend the money while your here cause you can’t take it with you when you leave! But if the samsung is what floats your boat, enjoy! I love my Macbook, iPhone, and iPod. I just don’t agree with sending jobs to China but business is business and I do understand that.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 9:20pm“Live life to the fullest and spend the money while your here cause you can’t take it with you when you leave!”
Well, you are a single and never plan to have a family, which is fine. but that‘s not everyone’s goal.
most sane people who procreate, as nature intended, save money for health issues and other disasters, build a fund to live off of so they don’t have to work to the grave, build a future for their family to give their children the tools they need to grow, etc…
…i believe your parents have failed you, go slap them in the face for it. ;)
Report Post »Muddbog
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 1:40amwhen you have a few near death experiences while in the service you tend to take every day as your last… Obviously you wouldn’t know anything about that,
I guess your right… My parents did fail me by letting me joining the military… My Father words to me before I joined in june 2001… It’s not like there is a war going on or anything…
By the way I am Married, have kids and have a retirement plan, own my own business, and have no debt… so where am I wrong, oh yea and I’m 29… don’t you feel dumb? I’ve made some risky business moves that have paid off! Thats why I say Live life to its fullest,
Life is better when you take it one day at a time and take each day as your last… think about it!
Report Post »Tickdog
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 5:01pmi am not a big fan of androids either since i have major problems with all of them connecting to our WiFi system and no one has a fix for it.
Report Post »teapartyconservatism
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 4:59pmNo doubt the Goliath computer at google responded by asking him if he wouldn’t prefer a nice game of chess.
Vaya con Dios, Steve … we’re going to miss you.
One guy we will most certainly not miss is, well… actually we don’t really know who he is do we?
Barack Obama aka: Barry Soetoro, Harrison J. Bounel, Barack Soebarkah
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
Who are you?
Who, who, who, who?
I staggered back to the underground
And the breeze blew back my hair
I remember throwin’ punches around
And preachin’ from my chair
Well, who are you? Who are you? Who, who, who, who?
I really wanna know. Who are you? Who, who, who, who?
Tell me, who are you? Who are you? Who, who, who, who?
‘Cause I really wanna know. Who are you? Who, who, who, who?
http://www.ObamaBirthCertificate.net
Report Post »SolidusRaccoon
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 4:55pmSooo Bill Gates and Microsoft were EVIL because his competitive company kicked the butt of the competition. BUT, Apple is good and noble. Even thought Jobs wanted to completely destroy his competition.
Report Post »Lotus503
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 4:47pmI guess Mr. Steve just didn’t appreciate the “redistribution of technology” to companies that are less fortunate than his…
Report Post »Lemon Party Patriot
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 5:22pmmeh. Nice try, numb nuts.
Report Post »Classical Liberal
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 11:33pmThe liberals have to learn that the only reason they can enjoy their smartphones and computers is because of capitalists like Steve jobs. They will whine like children and regurgitate whatever nonsense whatever their hippy college proffessors shoved down their throats.
Liberals, get over it. If it weren’t market industrialist entrepreneurs looking to make a profit, our society would be in the stone age. God bless you Steve. You were presidential.
Report Post »thegodfather
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 4:42pmIf I didn’t know any better, I’d say he sounds like a power crazed billionaire fat cat business man, trying crush the competition and gain a monopoly .
Report Post »ejbonk
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 4:52pmOr a guy just trying to protect his assets and shareholders.
Report Post »Lord_Frostwind
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 4:40pm“To the last I grapple with thee: from Hell’s heart I stab at thee. For hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.” -Moby Dick
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 4:39pm“Apple’s $40 billion in the bank”? So wheres THAT OWS sign?
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 6:08pmSo what if they have 40 billion dollars, if people didn’t buy the products they would not have it. Jobs at least believed in capitalism and became successful tenfold. Why not if the opportunity was there? You have to think about how many people he employed, how much the government made in taxes due to his success. He was striving to protect his assetts and his shareholders, what is wrong with that? We could use some wealthy individuals on our side. Like it or not money has power and when we stand against the likes of Sorus and the unions we need people like Jobs. He was brilliant and able to build an empire. His empire developed jobs and revenue for our country. I don’t see a problem with that.
Report Post »osgeek
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 11:05pmAlso add to the list the Apple is one of several corporations trying to work out a deal to bring BILLIONS of dollars from overseas accounts to the US and pay NO TAX on that income. They and several companies did this before with the promise that they would hire more US workers, of course they lied…
Report Post »javasport
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 4:36pmHow about getting Flash to work on your products before you get all “high-tech” with the nuclear weapons?
Report Post »Moondogg
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 4:41pmQuite possibly one of the best comments I’ve seen on The Blaze.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 5:19pmAhhh……so it isn’t just me. Is it typical for Flash to shut down all open Safari windows when it’s mal-functioning?
Report Post »wewantchillywilly
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 5:21pmthank you.
Report Post »Watchingtheweasels
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 6:00pmThings you never see on an iPad or iPhone:
“”android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. – Force close”"
Report Post »Hythloday
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 6:35pmReverse Engineering…flash is a faulty product because it doesn‘t sync well with Moore’s Law, namely the pace of computer power, or that of coding power for that matter. Those whom actually program are currently expanding HTML5 to eventually marry it’s scripting into Java, the meat and potatoes of Android-App DNA. Jobs was smart to avoid it like the plague because it’s poisoned code to begin with, why infect it? Android decided to take the other route and simply put up with it because they know that the market is trained to use flash through web-sites. Though up until a few years ago, nobody had the imagination to fully render an interactive experience with web-sites outside of gaming, so every site had every neurological bell and whistle you could imagine, sans functionality. Smartphone apps are that imagination, both in Apple and Android. HTML5 isn’t called the flash-killer for nothing. The true tech-innovators, Linux/PC/Android/Apple all know this and have been waiting for the code to catch up to the power. It’s finally here. The problem is when you have companies creating a single-state OS that will allow the user to toggle upward of 6 different OS on a phone, let alone a laptop, but the majority of your high-cash-volume comes from something as code-simplistic as Angry Birds, two things occur…sadly, the market doesn‘t truly fathom innovation unless it’s here to entertain us, which means the demand for innovation isn‘t rather high comparable to what’s availabl
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 9:25pmLOL @ Hythloday
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