Steve Jobs "60 Minutes" Interview

lwlee · Oct 25, 2011

Dude, not much I can say. If you don't want to read the link, it's up to you.

I ain't making this stuff up. INITIAL investment was 10 mil.

Quote from jprad:

You need better links then.

"Lucasfilm decided to spin off the computer division, so Catmull and Smith sought a financier. That turned out to be Jobs, who paid $5 million to Lucasfilm and $5 million to capitalize the new company. They renamed it Pixar..."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artic...hive/2006/01/29/BUG8RGTL2L1.DTL&type=business

Rodney King · Oct 25, 2011

Quote from atlTrader666:

Opps I apologize. So it was Dennis Ritchie who in my imo

Since you don't even know C++ from C, why would anyone care what your "imo" is about anything?

failed_trad3r · Oct 25, 2011

Quote from brokerboy:

i think your foolish he changed the world. he built the best computer from a to z. i don't think its worth the price but they are the best. he did that with the ipod, ipad, and iphone too. he changed the way you watch movies with your kids. he changed the way you buy music. whats his act?

what? apple made plasma tvs? i pay for music?

Rehoboth · Oct 25, 2011

Quote from brokerboy:

i think your foolish he changed the world. he built the best computer from a to z. i don't think its worth the price but they are the best. he did that with the ipod, ipad, and iphone too. he changed the way you watch movies with your kids. he changed the way you buy music. whats his act?

Ummm no he did not. He made you think he did. All you did was buy inferior products at an inflated price.

Think about the gobs of money wasted over paying for an itunes songs, phones, ipads. Its almost like when you make the decision to get an apple product you have joined the jones colony and suddenly have to defend your wasted money purchased vehemently. Down payments on homes have been wasted on apples overpriced products.

Dont get me wrong, Jobs made billions for himself, hunderds, and tens of millions for others. That is fucking awesome. But to use words like visionary, and world changer is quite comical. Jobs is the emperor who had no clothes.

adadadog · Oct 25, 2011

Do you want to be Steve Jobs? I don't.

Pekelo · Oct 25, 2011

Even Steve thought he was an asshole:

"From chapter 37, regarding a similar story a journalist wrote about him in 2008:

"So you've uncovered the fact that I'm an asshole. Why is that news?""

oddsman · Oct 26, 2011

He was an amazing salesman who sold shiny trinkets to suckers who didn't mind overpaying for such things. That's not changing the world. That's keeping it exactly the same.

Mayhem · Oct 26, 2011

Quote from GTS:

Since he was hired before there were stock options (or even a company called Apple) I guess the answer is no. Basic decency says you take care of people who stuck with you in the beginning when there was nothing. Not to mention that Jobs was supposedly his "friend":

His contribution to the personal computer revolution is undisputed as the engineer who assembled and tested the first Apple I computer with fellow computer designer and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in Steve Jobs's garage in 1976. Prior to the formation of Apple, Kottke was close friends with Jobs, whom he met at Reed College. The two men traveled to India backpacking around in search of spiritual enlightenment.

Never trust a hippie.

failed_trad3r · Oct 26, 2011

Quote from Pekelo:

Even Steve thought he was an asshole:

"From chapter 37, regarding a similar story a journalist wrote about him in 2008:

"So you've uncovered the fact that I'm an asshole. Why is that news?""

I think the I-items speak alot to the "I am important" crowd. The so called people who are assholes in general. Steve Jobs was pretty smart tapping into that market. Assholes will certainly buy overpriced junk if it's expensive and glossy as that adds to their self-importance because the name starts with an I. It is a self-reinforcing cult with the motto "I am the most important, look at me"